Terms And Conditions
By indicating your acceptance of these terms and conditions, you ("Subscriber") acknowledge and agree
to be bound by the provisions of this agreement for the use of the Tyfish services ("services") provided by Tyfish, Inc.
If you are not willing to be bound by these terms and conditions do not click the box next to
"I Agree to the Terms of Service" box. By clicking this box or by using or accessing the service,
you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.
In response to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") we require that subscriber be
at least 13 years old to use Tyfish’s services.
GRANT OF RIGHTS TO USE SERVICES.
- Effective upon acceptance of this Agreement, Tyfish hereby grants to Subscriber a personal,
nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to access and use the Services (as defined below),
for Subscriber's non-commercial use.
- Subscriber shall have no right to sell, resell, reproduce, duplicate, copy, distribute, create
derivative works or exploit for commercial purposes, any portion of the Services, access to the Services,
or use of the Services nor make any claim that it does have such right.
- The services provided by Tyfish hereunder may allow Subscriber to perform various online messaging and
communications functions (collectively, the "Services"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features
provided by Tyfish that augment or enhance the current Services shall also constitute "Services" and shall be
subject to these terms of use.
TYFISH'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
- As between the parties, Tyfish shall retain all right, title and interest to the Services including all copyrights,
trademarks, patents and all other intellectual property rights thereto, including without limitation
with respect to all technology used in connection with or provided as part of the Services.
- Subscriber may not, nor allow any third party to, copy, distribute, sell, disclose, lend, transfer, convey, modify,
decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Services for any purpose whatsoever. Subscriber may not allow any
third party to access the Services for any purpose whatsoever.
- The copyright notices and other proprietary legends shall not be removed from the Services and no right to use any
trademark is granted under this Agreement.
- Subscriber may not grant any sublicense, lease or other right in the Services to any third party. All rights not
expressly granted under this Agreement are retained by Tyfish.
SUBSCRIBER REGISTRATION.
- Subscriber agrees to provide true, accurate, current and complete data to Tyfish upon signing up for the Services
and at subsequent times as requested by Tyfish.
- If Subscriber provides data that is, or that Tyfish suspects to be, false, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
Tyfish has the right to suspend or terminate Services and refuse any and all current or future use of all Services, or any portion thereof.
- Subscriber registration data will not be provided to third parties, unless required by law, or in the event
Subscriber grants Tyfish the right to provide that information. For more details on our Privacy Policy, please click here.
- Subscriber shall maintain and promptly update the registration data as applicable.
- Upon completion of all registration information and acceptance of this Agreement, Subscriber will receive a password, user ID, and when applicable, a PIN.
- Subscriber is solely responsible for the maintaining the confidentiality of Subscriber's password and PIN, and will be
responsible for all transactions and activities that occur as a result of Subscriber's disclosure of such password
and/or PIN, whether or not such transactions and/or activities were authorized by Subscriber.
- Subscriber shall not give account information to third parties and shall at all times be responsible and liable for
any transactions or activities that occur on Subscriber's account.
- Subscriber shall immediately notify Tyfish if any unauthorized use of Subscriber's account has occurred or of any other breach of security.
- Tyfish respects the privacy of its subscribers. Please refer to the Tyfish Privacy Policy for more details.
This policy, which may be updated from time to time by Tyfish in its discretion, is incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference.
TERMINATION.
- The Tyfish Services are for personal, non-commercial usage. Tyfish reserves the right to immediately deactivate,
disable or modify a Subscriber's Service if Tyfish determines, in its sole discretion, that Subscriber's
use of the Service is, or at any time was, inconsistent with normal personal, non-commercial usage patterns.
- Any free or promotional services provided by of Tyfish that involve creating a unique account are personal to the
Subscriber and a Subscriber is only allowed one free or promotional Tyfish account. If Tyfish determines,
in its sole discretion, that multiple free accounts have been created by a single Subscriber, Tyfish reserves
the right to immediately deactivate or modify any or all of Subscriber's accounts.
- To maintain or improve the Services, to prevent fraud, or for any other reason determined by Tyfish, its sole
discretion, Tyfish may restrict, suspend, terminate or modify Subscriber's service with or without notice.
- Upon any termination in accordance with the foregoing, Tyfish may immediately deactivate or delete Subscriber's
account and all related information and files in Subscriber's account, reassign any user identification associated
with the account, and/or bar any further access to such files, information, or the Services.
- Tyfish shall not be liable to Subscriber or any third party for any reason for terminating this Agreement or access
to Services or for modifying this Agreement and/or the Services.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
- THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND TYFISH MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY SIMILAR WARRANTY WHETHER SAID WARRANTY ARISES UNDER PROVISIONS OF ANY LAW OF THE
UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE THEREOF. TYFISH MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES
ARE FREE OF RIGHTFUL CLAIMS OF ANY THIRD PARTY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. THE ENTIRE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL BE BORNE SOLELY BY SUBSCRIBER.
- TYFISH MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET SUBSCRIBER'S REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. TYFISH IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR MESSAGES OR INFORMATION LOST OR MISDIRECTED DUE TO INTERRUPTIONS OR FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SERVICES OR THE INTERNET IN GENERAL.
- TYFISH DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY DATA
OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR ACQUIRED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES. SUBSCRIBER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT ANY DATA OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR ACQUIRED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES ARE AT
SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK AND DISCRETION AND TYFISH WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO SUBSCRIBER OR SUBSCRIBER'S PROPERTY.
- NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY SUBSCRIBER FROM TYFISH, IT'S EMPLOYEES, OR THROUGH
OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
- SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING
DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO SUBSCRIBER.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TYFISH BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT, WARRANTY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY)
OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY. TYFISH 'S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, SHALL NOT
EXCEED THE LICENSE FEE PAID BY SUBSCRIBER FOR THE SERVICES, IF ANY. The limitation of liability reflects the
allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this Section will survive and apply even if
any limited remedy specified in this Agreement is found to have failed of its essential purpose. SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO SUBSCRIBER.
INDEMNIFICATION.
Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless Tyfish, its directors, officers, employees and agents from and
against all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), and damages resulting
from any negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct by Subscriber, Subscriber's use of the Services and/or
any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by Subscriber.
INTERNATIONAL USE
Tyfish makes no representation that materials on its web site(s) are appropriate or available for use in
locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
Subscriber agrees to comply with all applicable foreign and domestic laws, rules and regulations regarding the
transmission of technical data exported from or imported to the United States or the country in which Subscriber resides.
MODIFICATION TO SERVICES.
- During the term of this Agreement, Tyfish may modify or discontinue the Services at any time and with or without notice to Subscriber.
- Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tyfish may, from time to time, with or without notice and at its
sole discretion, establish or change various practices, limitations and restrictions for administering such Services,
including without limitation:
(a) how often all or a part of the Services or account may be accessed;
(b) the duration of any access;
(c) the maximum number of days that messages or postings will be retained;
(d) the maximum number of messages or postings allowed;
(e) the size and nature messages and postings;
(f) the maximum storage space available for an account; and
(g) any other matter related to the administration of the Services.
- Subscriber agrees that Tyfish shall not be responsible or liable in any way for deactivation or deletion of
accounts or for loss of video files, audio files, image files, messages, data or information as a result of,
or arising out of, administration of the Services, whether or not Subscriber is given prior notice thereof.
- Tyfish may delete accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time as determined by Tyfish in its sole discretion.
- Tyfish may delete pending accounts that have not yet been validated by Subscriber after a period of time as
determined by Tyfish in its sole discretion.
- Tyfish shall not be liable to the Subscriber or any third party for any reason for Tyfish modifying or
terminating the Services, in whole or in part.
- Subscriber is responsible for creating a back-up copy of any important or critical information that is
stored on the Services. Tyfish shall not be responsible or liable in any way for any information or data
loss in connection with the Services.
MODIFICATION TO AGREEMENT.
Tyfish reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement, by posting a revised
version of the Agreement at Terms of Service or its successor site.
- Use of the Services signifies Subscriber's agreement to all terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.
Continued use of any part of the Services following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance
of those changes, and all changes shall thereupon become binding upon the Subscriber.
- If Subscriber does not agree to the changes, Subscriber shall immediately cease all use of the Services.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Subscriber shall be solely liable for any transmissions sent through the Service. Tyfish has no control over the
content of any transmission nor will it be liable for such content.
- Tyfish has the right to restrict termination to any telephone numbers in its sole discretion. These may include,
but are not limited to certain geographic locations, special services numbers, satellite telephony services,
and other call forwarding services.
- Subscriber shall not use the Services to create or distribute any images, sounds, messages or other materials,
which are obscene, harassing, racist, malicious, fraudulent infringing or libelous, nor use the Services for any
activity that may be considered or are unethical, immoral, violative of any third party's rights, or illegal.
- Further, Subscriber will abide by all rules, regulations, procedures and policies of Tyfish and any policies of the
networks connected to the Services.
Subscriber agrees to abide by all applicable local, state, national, foreign and international laws and regulations
and is solely responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under Subscriber's account or password, including the
content of Subscriber's transmissions through the Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, Subscriber
agrees not to:
- Use the Service in connection with chain letters, junk email, voice mail, faxes, spamming or any duplicative or
unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent;
- Create a false identity or forged email address or header, or otherwise attempt to mislead others as to the identity
of the sender or the origin of the message;
- Transmit through the Service unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind or nature;
- Transmit any material that may infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, including
trademark, copyright or right of publicity;
- Transmit any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or
deleterious programs;
- Violate any U.S. or foreign law regarding the transmission of technical data or software exported through the Service;
- Interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Service or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such
networks;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the
Service, through password mining or any other means;
- Interfere with another member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.
COMMUNICATIONS WITH TYFISH
Subscriber may provide information, including but not limited to feedback, data, answers, questions, comments,
suggestions, plans and ideas to Tyfish. Such information shall be deemed non-confidential and Tyfish assumes no
obligation to protect such information from disclosure. The submission of such information to Tyfish shall in no
way prevent the purchase, manufacture, or use of similar products, services, plans and ideas by Tyfish for any purpose
whatever. Tyfish shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute such information to others without restriction.
Subscribers shall have no recourse against Tyfish for alleged infringement or misappropriation in connection with any
information or materials submitted to Tyfish hereunder.
BILL PAYMENT
Subscriber may be required to pay monthly subscription charges, enhanced service charges, and/or usage charges
in connection with the Services, as stated by Tyfish. There may be additional fees if Subscriber requests a change
in any Services. There may also be applicable taxes, surcharges, assessments, government fees and charges for any
special or enhanced services Subscriber uses. Any of the foregoing may be billed to Subscriber when they reach a
limit as Tyfish determines at its sole discretion.
Tyfish will charge Subscriber the rates in effect under Subscriber's subscription plan, plus any enhanced service
charges at the time of subscription, as such rates may be updated by Tyfish from time to time. Some charges
(such as, but not limited to, surcharges) may accumulate in Subscriber's account before Subscriber is charged
for such amounts, or such amounts may be charged to Subscriber as assessed. If Subscriber has enrolled in a
then-current subscription plan and chooses to change the plan, and if there are one or more days remaining on
Subscriber's current subscription, Subscriber will be credited for those days in the calculation of Subscriber's charges.
Subscriber's billing cycle starts on the day the subscription purchase is successfully processed.
If there is a change in subscription plan, there may be a resulting change in Subscriber's billing date.
If Subscriber changes Subscriber's Services from a billed plan to a free or promotional plan, Subscriber will be
billed through the end of the billing cycle in which such a change is made.
Subscriber agrees that all payments will be made to Tyfish via credit or debit card, issued by a US bank, including
MasterCard, VISA, AmericanExpress, Discover, or PayPal. Tyfish may change the credit cards accepted at any time, at its
sole discretion. Subscriber's name and address as it appears on Subscriber's Tyfish account must also be on the
credit account from which Payment is made. If Subscriber provides a credit card number that Tyfish accepts for
payment of Subscriber's monthly bills, Subscriber is authorizing Tyfish to charge the amounts Subscriber owes,
then or later, to that credit card account and to demand immediate payment from the card issuer. Subscriber also
agrees to pay, under the terms of Subscriber's agreement with the card's issuer, the amounts charged to Subscriber's
credit card. Every time Subscriber uses Tyfish Services, Subscriber re-affirms that Tyfish is authorized to charge
Subscriber's card. Subscriber agrees to authorize Tyfish to charge purchases made online to the credit card account
supplied to Tyfish when the subscription was initiated, or the card that Tyfish has on file when the purchase is made.
Subscriber agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including without limitation attorney's fees, incurred by Tyfish to
collect any monies due under terms of this Agreement.
GENERAL.
- This Agreement, including any documents incorporated herein by reference, merges all prior written and oral
communications and defines the entire agreement of the parties concerning the Services.
- In the event any portion of this Agreement shall be held illegal, void, or ineffective, the remaining portions
hereof shall remain in full force and effect and such illegal, void or ineffective provisions shall be construed,
as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties.
- All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by email or in writing.
- This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. Each party submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Georgia,
and irrevocably waive any right that such party may have to assert the such forum is not convenient or that any such
court lacks jurisdiction.
- Subscriber agrees and acknowledges that any breach of the provisions regarding ownership contained in this Agreement
shall cause Tyfish irreparable harm and Tyfish may obtain injunctive relief as well as seek all other remedies
available to Tyfish in law and in equity.
- Subscriber shall not transfer or assign this Agreement or Subscriber's rights under this Agreement.
Any purported transfer or assignment in violation of this section is void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement
shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors, permitted assigns and legal
representatives.
- The failure of Tyfish to exercise its rights under this Agreement will not be construed as a waiver of such rights,
nor will it in any way affect the validity of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement relating to
intellectual property ownership, restrictions on use or disclosure of the Services, disclaimers of warranties,
limitations of liability and indemnification shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason.
- The U.N. Convention for the Sale of Goods shall not be applicable to this license of the Services to Subscriber.
- The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
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