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Thank
you for using Localcents! By using Localcents’ search engine or other Localcents
services ("Localcents Services"), you agree to be bound by the following
terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service").
Search
Engines: Please note, we encourage the inclusion of our site in your
search results and thus do not exclude any part of it through the use of a "robots.txt"
file or other similar methods, however by crawling, indexing, caching or otherwise
searching any part of our site, you agree to be bound by the following terms and
conditions (the "Terms of Service"). Put more simply, don't do anything
to us that you don't want done to yourself.
Content
provided by or linked to by Localcents The
content displayed as search results or linked to by Localcents Services are developed
by people over whom Localcents exercises limited or no control. The search results
that appear from Localcents’ indices are indexed by Localcents’ automated machinery
and computers, and Localcents cannot and does not screen the sites before including
them in the indices from which such automated search results are gathered. A search
using Localcents Services may produce search results and links to sites that some
people find objectionable, inappropriate, or offensive. We cannot guarantee that
a Localcents search will not locate unintended or objectionable content and assume
no responsibility for the content of any site included in any search results or
otherwise linked to by the Localcents Services.
Personal
Use Only
The
Localcents Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only.
You may not use the Localcents Services to sell a product or service, or to increase
traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales. You
may not take the results from a Localcents search and reformat and display them,
or mirror the Localcents home page, results pages or any other page on your Web
site in less you agree that Localcents may take results from your search and reformat
and display them, or mirror your homepage, results pages or any other page on
our website(s). By taking the results from a Localcents search
and reformatting and/or displaying them, or mirroring the Localcents home page,
results pages or any other page on your Web site, you explicitly agree that Localcents
may take results from your search and reformat and display them, or mirror your
homepage, results pages or any other page on our website(s). We encourage other
search engines to do this; if you do not want us to recipicate don’t index our
site or its content.You may not "meta-search" Localcents,
in less you agree that Localcents may "meta-search" you site. If you
want to make commercial use of the Localcents Services, you must enter into an
agreement with Localcents to do so in advance. By “meta-searching" our site
you explicitly agree that Localcents "meta-search" your site.
No
Automated Querying
You may not send automated
queries of any sort to Localcents’ system without express permission in advance
from Localcents; in less you agree that Localcents may send automated queries
of any sort to your site without your express permission in advance. By sending
automated queries of any sort to Localcents’ system without express permission
in advance from Localcents you agree that Localcents may send automated queries
of any sort to your system without your express permission in advance. Note that
"sending automated queries" includes, among other things:
- using any software which sends queries to Localcents to
determine how a website or webpage "ranks" on Localcents for various
queries;
- "meta-searching" Localcents; and
- performing "offline" searches on Localcents.
CONDUCT you agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available
Content:
a) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or is
harmful to minors in any way;b) that is pornographic or depicts a human
being engaged in actual sexual conduct including but not limited to (i) sexual
intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal,
whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, or (ii) bestiality, or (iii)
masturbation, or (iv) sadistic or masochistic abuse, or (v) lascivious exhibition
of the genitals or pubic area of any person;
c) that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful
toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender,
sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
d)
that violates the Fair Housing Act by stating, in any notice or ad for the sale
or rental of any dwelling, a discriminatory preference based on race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap (or violates any state or local
law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of these or other characteristics);
e)
that impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Localcents
employee, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a
person or entity (this provision does not apply to messages that are lawful
non-deceptive parodies of public figures.);
f) that
includes personal or identifying information about another person without that
person's explicit consent;
g) that is false, deceptive,
misleading, deceitful, misinformative, or constitutes "bait and switch";h)
that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;i)
that constitutes or contains "affiliate
marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail," "spam,"
"chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial
advertisement;
j) that constitutes or contains any form of advertising
or solicitation if: posted in areas of the Localcents sites which are not designated
for such purposes; or emailed to Localcents users who have not indicated in writing
that it is ok to contact them about other services, products or commercial interests.
k)
that includes links to commercial services or web sites, except as allowed in
"services";
l) that advertises any illegal
service or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted
by any applicable law, including without limitation items the sale of which is
prohibited or regulated by Washington State law.
m) 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;
n) that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an
excessive number of messages (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise
negatively affects other users' ability to use the Service; or
o) that employs misleading email addresses, or forged
headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of
Content transmitted through the Service.
Additionally,
you agree not to:
p) contact anyone who has asked not to
be contacted;
q) "stalk" or otherwise harrass anyone;
r)
collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
s) post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly
post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on our infrastructure;
t) post the same
item or service in more than one classified category or forum, or in more than
one metropolitan area;
u) attempt to gain unauthorized access to Localcents’
computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality
of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Service
or the Localcents website; or
v) use any form of automated device or computer program
that enables the submission of postings on Localcents without each posting being
manually entered by the author thereof (an "automated posting device"),
including without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to
submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at regular intervals.
Changes
In Terms and Conditions and Localcents Search Service
We
may modify or terminate our services from time to time, for any reason, and without
notice, including the right to terminate with or without notice, without liability
to you, any other user or any third party. We reserve the right to modify these
Terms of Service from time to time without notice. Please review these Terms of
Service from time to time so that you will be apprised of any changes. |
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