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Startup Addict Terms of Use

Overview
Before using this website you should carefully read the following terms and conditions which govern the use of this website ("Site Terms" or "Terms of Use"). If you do not agree to these Site Terms please do not use this website.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONSINCLUDING VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE TO GOVERN THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.
Startup Addict is a comprehensive Internet social network designed specifically for anyone in the Startup value-chain. The Site Terms cover all functionality of the Startup Addict platform. Because of the length of the Terms of Use agreement please find the following anchors links below:
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By using this site (Startupaddict.com), you agree you have read, understand, agree and are bound to the terms and conditions in this agreement whether you are a registered user of Startupaddict.com or not. Startupaddict.com (“Startup Addict” or the “Platform” is owned, operated and is a service mark of HyperActive Media LLC ( the “Company”).
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete any portion of these Site Terms at any time without further notice. Changes will be updated and posted to these Site Terms on this page. Your continued use of Startup Addict or the Platform after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If at any time you choose not to accept these Site Terms, please do not access Startup Addict.
Scope of Terms of Use
These Terms of Use apply to your use of Startup Addict which is owned or operated by HyperActive Media LLC and HyperActive Media LLC's affiliated companies, (collectively "we," "us," “our” or the "Company").
These Terms of Use do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which startupaddict.com may link. Startupaddict is not responsible for the content, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site.
Hypertext Links
Startup Addict is not responsible or liable regarding content, information, or transactions on any third-party website to which this Site provides a hypertext link. Startup Addict is not recommending nor endorsing any website to which this Site provides a hypertext link.
User Data
In consideration of your use of Startup Addict, you agree to do the following:

    * Provide current and accurate information about yourself as may be required by any registration forms on Startup Addict ("User Data") and promptly update such User Data;

Take precautions to maintain the security of your password and identification;

    * Be completely responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place during the use of your account.

Restrictions on Use of Site Content; Limited License
All content on the Site is protected by copyright and trademark laws, and is the property of its respective owner. All content on the Site, including, but not limited to organization, designs, text, compilations, images, pictures, photographs, illustrations, artwork or other graphics and graphic material, music, audio and other files, video, domain name, HTML and other code, information, software, and any other copyrightable elements, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof, and other matters related to the Site (collectively, the "Site Content") are the proprietary property of the Company, its Users or its licensors with all rights reserved. Unless otherwise provided herein, no Site Content may be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without the Company's prior written permission. The foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you legally post on the Site.
Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site, and provided you keep all proprietary notices intact, you are granted a limited non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable license to access and use the Site and to view, download and/or print a copy of any portion of the Site Content solely for you and for your own personal, non-commercial use, and not for republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works, or other use. You may not republish Site Content (except for you own User Content) on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate the information in any other database or compilation, information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical. The license described herein is subject to these Site Terms and does not include use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods. Any use of the Site or the Site Content other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of Company, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein immediately without need for further notice. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation, copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Site Terms shall be construed as conferring any right or license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time without notice and with or without cause.
User Content Posted on the Site
You are solely responsible for all photos, profiles, messages, notes, text, information, music, video, advertisements and all other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on or through the the Site, or transmit to or share with other Users (collectively the "User Content"). You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review and delete or remove (without notice) any User Content in its sole discretion, including without limitation User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, immoral, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the health, safety and/or welfare of Users or others. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to any content you post on the Site.
By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you are the owner of the User Content and/or have the legal right to grant to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, except a continuing license will exist for User Content already used, copied, publicly performed, publicly displayed, reformatted, translated, excerpted, distributed or downloaded prior to such removal. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to any content you post on the Site.
User Conduct
You understand that except for self-service advertising programs offered by us on the Site, the Platform and the Site are available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You represent, warrant and agree that you will not post, have submitted through your account, or share on the Site, any materials of any kind that will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or that contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material. You also agree not to harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of Users from the Service or the Site by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications. Additionally, you agree not to use automated scripts to collect information from the Service or the Site or for any other purpose. You further agree that you may not use the Service or the Site in any unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site. In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to:

    * upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
    * register for more than one User account, register for a User account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, or register for a User account on behalf of any group or entity;
    * impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity;
    * upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
    * upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make publicly available on the Site any private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;
    * solicit personal information from anyone under 18 or solicit passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes;
    * upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
    * intimidate or harass another;
    * upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
    * use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization from the Company, or create a false identity on the Service or the Site.
    * upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that, in the sole judgment of Company, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Site, or which may expose Company or its Users to any harm or liability of any type.

Forums
A "forum" means any message board, chat room, user review forum or other interactive service appearing on any of the Sites and includes both public boards and private areas. You must register in accordance with instructions that you will find on the Sites in order to contribute to any forum. You may not post on any forum, or send to any other forum user or our employee, any material that is abusive, vulgar, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, invades a person's privacy, violates any intellectual or other property rights, or that would otherwise violate any law. You may not use any forum in a commercial manner. You may not post material that solicits funds, or that advertises or solicits goods or services.
You may not post material known to be false. You may not post messages that contain stock touts. You may not post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
We are not responsible for, nor do we endorse any material appearing in any forum on the Site, except for material signed by one of our identified representatives. We are not responsible for screening material posted by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other reason. We retain, however, the right to modify or remove messages or other material that we, in our sole discretion, consider infringing, offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene, stale, or otherwise unacceptable. We also reserve the right to edit or remove materials for any other reason. Whether or not we modify or remove such material, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages or postings. All material posted on the Sites is subject to modification or removal without notice.
By posting on the Site, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted or will grant) the Company a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive right and license to use, copy, distribute, and display, in any format, on the Site your questions, comments, and postings, in their original or edited form, in television programs, books, articles, commentaries, or in any other medium now known or later developed. You also warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content you have posted and that the public posting and use of such content by us will not infringe the rights of any third party. Additionally, you warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to any content you post on the Site.
You are not entitled to any compensation for any materials you may post on the Site.
We may, at our sole discretion, suspend or terminate the registration of any forum user who violates any of these terms and conditions of use, any of the member guidelines or for any other behavior that we in our sole discretion believe is inappropriate.
Fees and Payments
Some of the Startup Addict Services require payment of fees. User shall pay all applicable fees, as described on the Site in connection with such Services selected by User. Startup Addict reserves the right to change its fee structure and to institute new charges at any time, upon ten (15) days prior notice to User, which may be sent by email or posted on the Site. Use of the Services by User following such notification constitutes User's acceptance of any new or increased charges.
Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Sites do the same. In appropriate circumstances, we may, in our sole discretion, terminate the registration of any forum user who engages in any activity which may infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights.
The designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is Tod Whipple, HyperActive Media LLC, 425 Washington Street #137, Claremont, NH 03743
User Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Startup Addict Users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users.
Privacy
We care about the privacy of our Users. Please read Startup Addict’s Privacy Policy. By using the Site or the Service, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Disclaimers
The Company is not responsible or liable in any manner for any User Content or Third Party Content posted on the Site or in connection with the Service, whether posted or caused by Users of the Site or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Site or the Service. Although we provide rules for User conduct and postings, we do not control and are not responsible for what Users post on the Site and are not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content you may encounter on the Site or in connection with any User Content or Third Party Content. The Company is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Site or Service.
The Site and the Service may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. Company 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 communications. The Company is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online 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 Site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to Users or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will the Company be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage to any User Content or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Site or the Service, any User Content or Third Party Content posted on or through the Site or the Service or transmitted to Users, or any interactions between Users of the Site, whether online or offline.
THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE. COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE USE AND DOWNLOADING OF ANY SUCH CONTENT OR MATERIALS AND USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES.
Company reserves the right to change any and all content contained in the Site and any Services offered through the Site at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by Company.
Limitation on Liability
EXCEPT IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE SUCH PROVISIONS ARE RESTRICTED, IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY OF THE SITE CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE COMPANY'S 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 COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT IN NO CASE WILL THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $1000. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO FEES ARE PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE, YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND FROM COMPANY, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction
By visiting or using the Site and/or the Service, you agree that the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Company or any of our affiliates. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration (as set forth below), you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith other than in the state and federal courts of New Hampshire, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to, venue and jurisdiction in the state and federal courts of New Hampshire.
Arbitration
YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE FORUM AND REMEDY FOR ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS RELATING IN ANY WAY TO OR ARISING OUT OF THESE SITE TERMS, THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE (INCLUDING YOUR VISIT TO OR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE) SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION, except that, to the extent that either of us has in any manner infringed upon or violated or threatened to infringe upon or violate the other party's patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret rights, such other party may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief.
Arbitration under this Agreement shall be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA") under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, in the case of consumer disputes, the AAA's Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes ( the "AAA Consumer Rules") (collectively the "AAA Rules"). The location of the arbitration and the allocation of costs and fees for such arbitration shall be determined in accordance with such AAA Rules and shall be subject to the limitations provided for in the AAA Consumer Rules (for consumer disputes). If such costs are determined to be excessive in a consumer dispute, the Company will be responsible for paying all arbitration fees and arbitrator compensation in excess of what is deemed reasonable. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, NO ARBITRATION OR CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE JOINED TO ANY OTHER ARBITRATION OR CLAIM, INCLUDING ANY ARBITRATION OR CLAIM INVOLVING ANY OTHER CURRENT OR FORMER USER OF THE SERVICE, AND NO CLASS ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED. In no event shall any claim, action or proceeding by you related in any way to the Site and/or the Service (including your visit to or use of the Site and/or the Service) be instituted more than three (3) year after the cause of action arose.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with any User Content, any Third Party Content you post or share on or through the Site (including without limitation through the Share Service), your use of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection with the Service or the Site or with other Users of the Service or the Site, or any violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any third party.
Submissions
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the Site or the Service ("Submissions"), provided by you to Company are non-confidential and shall become the sole property of Company. Company shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
No Personal Advice
The information contained in or made available through the Sites (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files, or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters. We and our licensors or suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Sites. Neither we nor our partners, or any of their affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.
Eligibility / Parental Permission
The Sites are not directed to children under the age of 18 and we will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. We reserve the right to charge fees, surcharges and/or membership fees for all or any of the services on the Sites currently provided for free at any time upon seven (15) days' prior written notice to you.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
Jurisdictional Issues
We control and operate this site from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Miscellaneous
These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms or your use of the Sites will be subject to binding arbitration in accordance with the American Arbitration Association and will be arbitrated in Claremont, NH. If any of these terms and conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you Startup Addict relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions. Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use should be directed to support@startupaddict.com.
Marketplace
If you wish to buy or sell startups or businesses via the marketplace feature of Startup Addict you will have to agree to be bound by the additional Buyer's Terms and/or Seller's Terms included in this section of the Terms of Use.
The marketplace feature of Startup addict is set up so that businesses, blogs, websites, business ideas and/or franchises can be advertised for sale via the Internet. YOU SHOULD ONLY CONTACT A PARTY ADVERTISING ON Startup Addict IF YOU HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE ITEM BEING OFFERED, YOU SHOULD NOT CONTACT ANY PERSON FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE SUCH AS OFFERING YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S GOODS OR SERVICES OR OTHERWISE SEEKING TO SOLICIT BUSINESS IN ANY WAY.
Sellers Terms
Before advertising the sale of a business, business opportunity or franchise on marketplace you should carefully read the Terms of Use and in particular the Disclaimer as well as the following terms. If you do not agree to be bound by all of these, you should not advertise the sale of a business on marketplace of Startup Addict
1. Marketplace is for the sale of entire businesses, business franchises and/or business opportunities. Startup Addict is not regulated by the Financial Services Authority, Securites and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory body and you are strictly prohibited from offering any form of shares, bonds, securities, collective investment schemes or anything similar via the marketplace section of Startup Addict. Please contact Startup Addict at the above address if you are in any doubt as to whether you can advertise on the platform.
2. Startup Addict provides this website which gives you the opportunity to advertise the sale of your business, business opportunity or franchise. Startup Addict does not carry out any investigations or due diligence into the buyers, sellers or brokers who use this website. Startup Addict strongly recommends that you make every effort to check and verify offers personally or through your professional advisers/agents.
3. If you are contacted by a third party through your use of this website who appears to be non bona-fide or who acts dishonestly or incorrectly in any way or who contacts you for any other purpose than to negotiate the purchase of the item you have advertised (such as sale of its services), you will contact Startup Addict 425 Washington Street #137, Claremont, NH 03743 or email our customer service at support@startupaddict.com
4. You warrant that the content of the advertisement you place on the website will be true and accurate and hereby agree to indemnify Startup Addict for any claims, costs, losses, expenses or damages it may incur howsoever arising whether direct, indirect or consequential as a result of your use of this website.
5. Startup Addict reserves the right to refuse to upload any business listing if we, in our reasonable opinion, consider such listing to be improper, fraudulent or otherwise not bona fide
6. Startup Addict reserves the right to edit any business listing if we, in our reasonable opinion, believe such editing will improve the quality of the website.
7. The decision where to place a listing within the index of business categories shall be at the sole discretion of Startup Addict
Additional Terms for Brokers/Intermediaries
1. If you are selling a business, business opportunity or franchise in the capacity of a broker, agent or any other form of intermediary so that you are not selling in your personal capacity you must register as an intermediary on the website.
2. You warrant that you have the full authority and permission to advertise the business, business opportunity or franchise on the website from the OWNER and in particular that you have not advertised a business, business opportunity or franchise by simply taking it off a third party intermediary or broker without the permission of the owner.
3. Where Startup Addict hosts, manages or develops a broker, agent or intermediary's website, Startup Addict gives you no rights of ownership to the software used in relation to these websites. You agree that you will not copy, de-compile, disassemble or reverse-engineer any software used in connection with the websites save to the extent permitted by law. Startup Addict retains the copyright of this website and for any information that we provide to you for use on your website.
Buyer's Terms
Before contacting a seller of a business through this website you should carefully read the Terms and Conditions and in particular the Disclaimer as well as the following terms. If you do not agree to be bound by all of these, you should not contact a seller regarding the purchase of a business on this website.
1. Startup Addict provides this website which gives you the opportunity to purchase businesses, business opportunities or franchises by contacting persons who advertise on this website. Startup Addict does not carry out any investigations or due diligence into the buyers, sellers or brokers who use the marketplace section of startupaddict.com. Startup Addict strongly recommends that you make every effort to check and verify offers personally or through your professional advisers/agents.
2. If you are contacted by a third party through your use of this website who appears to be non bona-fide or who acts dishonestly or incorrectly in any way, you will contact Startup Addict 425 Washington Street #137, Claremont, NH 03743 or email our customer service department at support@startupaddict.com.
3. You hereby agree to indemnify Startup Addict for any claims, costs, losses, expenses or damages it may incur howsoever arising whether direct, indirect or consequential as a result of your use of this website.
Payments
Startup Addict requires payments for services by credit card unless otherwise agreed in advance. Startup Addict will charge you in British Pounds Sterling, United States Dollars, or Euros, depending on the service and your country of residence. You may also have to pay any applicable local taxes.
Refunds
1. You can end your subscription and/or upgrade to a different plan. You must be a “high roller” subscriber or a “whale” subscriber to have access to marketplace features. No pro-rated refunds are available for cancelled plans. To avoid being charged monthly subscriptions or advertising fees, Startup Addict must receive your cancellation notice before the first day of the month.
2. All fees associated with marketplace on Startup Addict is non-refundable and non-transferable. The websites and adverts of subscribers and advertisers who cancel their membership, or whose credit cards expire without first providing another card for us to bill, may be removed.
3. Please ensure that your payment card details are kept up to date. If we are unable to process payment from your card, we regret that it will be necessary to suspend your subscription and advertisement(s) until you provide us with details of a valid payment card. You can do this by contacting customer services or by updating your card details on the account management pages. You will still be liable for any outstanding payments that could not be met when your account was suspended.
Additional Terms for Brokers/Intermediaries
1. Where Startup Addict hosts, manages or develops a broker, agent or intermediary's website, Startup Addict retains all right, title and interest in the ____________ and gives you no rights of ownership to the software used in relation to these websites. You agree that you will not copy, de-compile, disassemble or reverse-engineer any software used in connection with the websites save to the extent permitted by law. Startup Addict retains the copyright of this website and for any information that we provide to you for use on your website. Startup Addict also retains the right to use data collected on these websites in order to provide its advertising service to brokers, intermediaries, agents, buyers and sellers and any other advertiser or person that may use its service. Please read Startup Addict' Privacy Policy for details of Startup Addict' collection and use of personal data and your access and correction rights to any data held about you.
Buyer Networking Terms of Use
You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International law, United States Federal law or the laws of the United Kingdom.
No web links or email addresses may be posted in this forum.
You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.
You agree that it is impossible for the staff, webmaster, administrator, moderators or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is accepted we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within.
Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators, webmaster or Startup Addict(except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner.
Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.
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Advisors
1. ACCESS TO THE SERVICES
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Startup Addict Advisors may offer to provide certain Advisor Services (including facilitating the transmission of User Content (as defined herein between Users), as described more fully on the Site, and which are selected by User through the process provided on the Site ("Advisor Services"), solely for User's own use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party. Advisor Services shall include, but not be limited to, any Advisor Services Startup Addict performs for User, as well as the offering of any content on the Site. Startup Addict may change, suspend or discontinue the Advisor Services at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content. Startup Addict may also impose limits on certain features and Advisor Services or restrict User's access to parts or all of the Advisor Services without notice or liability. Startup Addict reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify this User Agreement at any time by posting a notice on the Startup Addict Site, or by sending User a notice via email. User shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Use of the Advisor Services by User following such notification constitutes User's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this User Agreement as modified.
User certifies to Startup Addict that the User is an individual (i.e., not a corporation), permitted to use the Advisor Services and access the Site, and takes full responsibility for the selection and use of the Advisor Services and access of the Site. This Agreement is void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the Site is revoked in such jurisdictions.
User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to, access the Site or otherwise use the Advisor Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone service. User shall be responsible for ensuring that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Advisor Services.
2. SITE CONTENT
The Site and the Site Content are intended solely for the use of Startup Addict Users and may only be used in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All materials displayed on the Site including, but not limited to text, graphics, news articles, charts, presentations, User communications photographs, images and illustrations, shall be referred to herein as "Content." User shall abide by all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Advisor Services.
The Site is protected under U.S. Copyright law and may be considered a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. User may not publish, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce or distribute any of the Content or any modification or derivative work thereof, in whole or in part.
The site is for the personal use of individual Users only. Passwords and compiled names, photos, links, and Site content are not to be transferred or copied from the Site for use with any other product or service. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Site, 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 Site will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
3. USER CONTENT
"User Content" means any Content sourced or supplied by a User (including but not limited to communications within the Site and descriptions of User Content.) User acknowledges and agrees that if User contributes any User Content to the Site, User grants to Startup Addict a perpetual, non exclusive worldwide, royalty-free, transferable right to use and exploit in anyway such User Content (including all related intellectual property rights) to provide the Advisor Services. User warrants, represents and agrees that it will not contribute any User Content that is infringing, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party. Startup Addict reserves the right to remove any User Content from the Site at any time, for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such User Content or if Startup Addict is concerned that User may have breached the immediately preceding sentence), or for no reason at all, all in its sole discretion.
The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Site. Startup Addict reserves the right to 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 Advisor Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes Content that:
1: harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
2: promotes information that a User knows is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is threatening, obscene, defamatory or libellous;
3: promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's 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;
4: contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page;
5: displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
6:provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
7:solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
8: engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes; and
9: 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;
Even though all of this is strictly prohibited, there is a small chance that a User might
become exposed to such items and User further waives his/her right to any damages (from any
party) related to such exposure.
4. RESTRICTIONS
User is responsible for all of his or her activity in connection with the Advisor Services and accessing the Site. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of User's right to Advisor Services or to access the Site. User may not post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any Startup Addict user.
Use of the Site or Advisor Services to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material including that are deemed threatening or obscene, or engage in any kind of illegal activity is expressly prohibited. User will not run Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder, or "spam" on the Site, or any processes that run or are activated while the User is not logged in.

Privacy Policy

Introduction Please read this statement carefully before using and proceeding to access StartupAddict.com. Your use of StartupAddict.com indicates your agreement to abide by the Terms and Conditions of this site and the privacy policy.

Information Collection HyperActive Media LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on www.StartupAddict.com. StartupAddict.com may collect information from our users at several different points on our Web site. No information collected will ever be sold, transferred, or given away by StartupAddict.com unless the it involves the sale of StartupAddict.com itself.

Invite If you choose to use our invite button, Startup Adddict will ask you for your contact's name and email address. Startup Addict will automatically send your contact an email inviting her/him to visit the site. Startup Addict may store this information for the sole purpose of sending this email and tracking the success of the invite feature. Your contact may contact us at info@startupaddict.com to request that Startup Addict remove this information from our database.

Comments and social network usage In order to enhance a users' use of this Web site, users choose to leave various comments and communication methods throughout the website. Please read our DMCA policy in the footer of this website for copyright infringement violations.

Crawlers Your personalized page and the information that you enter on Startup Addict may be crawled by search engines like but not limited to Google.

Contextual Advertisements We may use software that processes the content displayed on your personalized page to deliver relevant ads to you.

Third Party Cookies Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, StartupAddict.com has no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by StartupAddict.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third Party Advertising The advertisements appearing on StartupAddict.com are delivered to users by various services. Information about users’ visit to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not username, date of birth, or any other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this site. No personal information about our users is ever transferred to any party by StartupAddict.com.

Log Files Like most standard Website servers Startup Addict use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement.

Legal Disclaimer Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, StartupAddict.com may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Website.

Business Transitions In the event StartupAddict.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company or sale of a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Links StartupAddict.com contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, StartupAddict.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites (although several hundred websites use the exact same privacy policy that We are using here). We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by StartupAddict.com.

Notification of Changes Whenever StartupAddict.com changes our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Contact Information If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at info@StartupAddict.com . Click here to return to the main page.
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