iComment Inc. (iComment) welcomes you. iComment provides its service to you subject to the following Terms of Service (TOS), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time. In addition, when using particular iComment owned or operated services, you and iComment shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules (including but not limited to our Spam Policy) are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. iComment may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service.
iComment provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including various communications tools, forums, shopping services, search services, personalized content and branded programming through its network of properties which may be accessed through any various medium or device now known or hereafter developed (the Service). You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for iComment to provide the Service. You also understand and agree that the Service may include certain communications from iComment, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the iComment Newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of iComment membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new iComment properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided AS-IS and that iComment assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service.
Please be aware that iComment has created certain areas on the Service that contain adult or mature content. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and view such areas.
In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (the Registration Data) and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or iComment has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, iComment has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof). iComment is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents of children under the age of 13 who wish to allow their children access to the Service must create a iComment Family Account. When you create a iComment Family Account and add your child to the account, you certify that you are at least 18 years old and that you are the legal guardian of the child/children listed on the iComment Family Account. By adding a child to your iComment Family Account, you also give your child permission to access many areas of the Service, including, email, message boards and instant messaging (among others). Please remember that the Service is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Service areas and/or Content (as defined in Section 6 below) are appropriate for your child.
Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full Privacy Policy. You understand that through your use of the Service you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by iComment and its affiliates.
You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the Service's registration process. 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 (a) immediately notify iComment of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. iComment cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials (Content), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not iComment, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. iComment does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will iComment be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree to not use the Service to:
You acknowledge that iComment may or may not pre-screen Content, but that iComment and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, iComment and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by iComment or submitted to iComment, including without limitation information in iComment Message Boards and in all other parts of the Service.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that iComment may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of iComment, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and that use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by iComment and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
When you register with iComment, you acknowledge that in using iComment services to send electronic communications (including but not limited to posts, email, search queries, sending messages to iComment Chat or iComment Groups, uploading photos and files, and other Internet activities), you will be causing communications to be sent through iComment's computer networks, portions of which are located in Florida, California, Atlanta, Texas, Virginia, and other locations in the United States and portions of which are located abroad. As a result, and also as a result of iComment's network architecture and business practices and the nature of electronic communications, even communications that seem to be intrastate in nature can result in the transmission of interstate communications regardless of where you are physically located at the time of transmission. Accordingly, by agreeing to this Terms of Service, you acknowledge that use of the service results in interstate data transmissions.
iComment Messenger, including any web-based versions, will allow you and the people with whom you communicate to save your conversations in your iComment accounts located on iComment servers. This means you can access and search your message history from any computer with access to the internet. Whether or not you use this feature, other users may choose to use it to save conversations with you in their account on iComment too. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your consent to allow iComment to store these communications on its servers. From time to time iComment will send you notices through the iComment Messenger Service to let you know about important changes to the iComment Messenger or related Services. Such messages may not be received if you violate this TOS by accessing the Service in an unauthorized manner. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the Service in an authorized manner.
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, 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.
iComment does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant iComment the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
Publicly accessible areas of the Service are those areas of the iComment network of properties that are intended by iComment to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include iComment Message Boards and portions of iComment Toolbar Posts, Photos that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Service would not include sections that are limited to members, iComment services intended for private communication such as iComment Mail or iComment Messenger, or areas off of the iComment network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by iComment.
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (Contributions) to iComment through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) iComment is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) iComment shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) iComment may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of iComment without any obligation of iComment to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from iComment under any circumstances.
You agree to indemnify and hold iComment and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service (including your iComment ID), use of the Service, or access to the Service.
You acknowledge that iComment may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that posts, email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on iComment's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that iComment has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that iComment reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that iComment reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.
iComment reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that iComment shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
You agree that iComment may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your iComment account, any associated email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (f) extended periods of inactivity, (g) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (h) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Services. Termination of your iComment account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to iComment Mail, Posts, Messenger, Chat, Domains, Personals, Auctions, Message Boards, Greetings, Alerts and Games, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in iComment's sole discretion and that iComment shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, 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 such advertiser. You agree that iComment 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 Service.
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because iComment has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that iComment is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that iComment shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service (Software) contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or authorized by iComment or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part.
iComment grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by iComment for use in accessing the Service.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT iCOMMENT AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF iCOMMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information from the Service concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please read the above Sections 19 and 20 again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly, the phrase Let the investor beware is apt. The Service is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included in the Service is intended for trading or investing purposes. iComment and its licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the Service, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions based on such information.
You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.
iComment may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings on the Service, or other reasonable means now known or hereinafter developed.
The iComment, iComment logo, iComment (in ANY LANGUAGE Characters), iCOMMENT TOOLBAR, iCOMMENT BUTTON, iCOMMENT TOOLBAR BUTTON, DO YOU iCOMMENT?, MY iCOMMENT, iCOMMENT EVERYWHERE, iCOMMENT GROUPS, iCOMMENT POSTS, iCOMMENT FORUMS, iCOMMENT BLOGS, iCOMMENT BOXES, iCOMMENT SEARCH, iCOMMENTATOR, iCOMMENTATORS, iCOMMENTER, iCOMMENTERS, iCOMMENT MAIL, iCOMMENT CHAT, iCOMMENT VISION, CORPORATE iCOMMENT, iCOMMENT TRAFFIC SERVER, iCOMMENT AD SERVER, iCOMMENT ON, iCOMMENT BE HEARD, and YOUR iCOMMENTS ON THE WEB trademarks and service marks and other iComment logos and product and service names are trademarks of iComment Inc. (the iComment Marks). Without iComment's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the iComment Marks.
iComment respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. iComment may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide iComment's Copyright Agent the following information:
iComment's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o iComment Inc.
10 Fairway Drive, Suite 124
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
By phone: (954) 341-6567
By fax: (866) 271-3894
By email: legal@iComment.com
Entire Agreement. The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and iComment and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and iComment with respect to the Service. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other iComment services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.
Choice of Law and Forum. The TOS and the relationship between you and iComment shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and iComment agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Broward, Florida.
Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of iComment to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.
No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your iComment account is non-transferable and any rights to your iComment ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Please report any violations of the TOS to our abuse team.