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Last Updated June 2, 2018


This is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you and DaterDater, Inc. ("Company," "Service," "we", "us", or "our"). By using our website, located at https://www.daterdater.com ("Website"), our mobile app, and/or other services we provide (collectively, "DaterDater"), or otherwise accessing the pages of DaterDater, you become a user and agree to, and are bound by, the terms and conditions of this Agreement for as long as you continue to use the Site or Services. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES.

The DaterDater services consist of a service for single people. DaterDater may offer additional services or revise any of the Services, at its discretion, and this Agreement will apply to all additional services or revised Services. DaterDater also reserves the right to cease offering any of the Services.

This Agreement is subject to change by DaterDater in its sole discretion at any time, with or without notice. Your continued use of this Site or the Services after the posting of revisions to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of such revisions. Please consult the beginning of this Agreement to determine when the Agreement was last revised.

Eligibility

1. Minimum Age. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Site and to register for the Services. By registering to the Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old.

2. Criminal History. By requesting to use, registering to use, and/or using DaterDater Services, you represent and warrant that you have never been convicted of a felony and/or are not required to register as a sex offender with any government entity. DaterDater DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENINGS ON ITS MEMBERS. However, DaterDater reserves the right to conduct any criminal background check, at any time and using available public records, to confirm your compliance with this subsection.

Use of Site and Service

As a user of the Site ("User") or a user registered to use any of the Services (a "Registered User"), you agree to the following:

1. Exclusive Use. Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that DaterDater is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your login credentials you use to sign up for DaterDater. You agree to immediately notify DaterDater of any disclosure or unauthorized use of your login credentials at contact@daterdater.com

2. Geographic Limitations. Using the Service may be prohibited or restricted in certain countries. If you use the Service from outside of the United States, you are responsible for complying with the laws and regulations of the territory from which you access or use the Website or Service. You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country which the United States has (i) embargoed goods, (ii) identified as a "Specially Designated National", or (iii) placed on the Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. Registration for, and use of, the Services are void where prohibited. To the extent that the Services are not legal in your jurisdiction, you may not use the Services. The Services may not be used where prohibited by law.

3. Information Submitted. You are solely responsible for, and assume all liability regarding, (i) the information and content you contribute to the Service; (ii) the information and content you post, transmit, publish, or otherwise make available (hereinafter "post") through the Services, including photographs or chat (hereinafter, "content" or "User Submission"; and (iii) your interactions with other Registered Users through the Services. As more fully described below, you may not post or transmit to the Company or other users (either on or off the Service), any offensive, inaccurate, incomplete, abusive, obscene, profane, threatening, intimidating, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another person's rights (including intellectual property rights, any rights or privacy and publicity). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by posting information or otherwise communicating by means of DaterDater, you agree that you will not upload, post, share, or otherwise distribute any User Submission that:
  1. Is illegal, threatening, defamatory, abusive, harassing, degrading, intimidating, fraudulent, deceptive, invasive, racist, or contains any type of suggestive, inappropriate, or explicit language or confidential, non-public information about any third party;
  2. Is hate speech, threatening, or pornographic; promotes or incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.
  3. Infringes on any trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party;
  4. Contains any type of unauthorized or unsolicited advertising or commercial communications (such as spam);
  5. Impersonates any person or entity, including any DaterDater employees or representatives.
  6. We do our best to keep DaterDater safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to keep DaterDater safe, which includes the following commitments by you:
    1. You will not collect Users' User Submissions or information, or otherwise access DaterDater, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission.
    2. You will not engage in multi-level marketing, such as a pyramid scheme, on DaterDater.
    3. You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.
    4. You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.
    5. You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any User.
    6. You will not use DaterDater to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
    7. You will not do anything that could disable, overburden, or impair the proper working or appearance of DaterDater, such as a denial of service attack or interference with page rendering or other DaterDater functionality.
    8. You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Agreement or our policies.


4. Protecting Other People's Rights. We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same. You therefore agree that:
  1. You will not post User Submission or take any action on DaterDater that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.
  2. We can remove any User Submission or information you post if we believe that it violates this Statement or our policies.
  3. If you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, we will disable your account when appropriate.
  4. You will not use our copyrights or trademarks or any confusingly similar marks, except as expressly permitted or with our prior written permission.
  5. If you collect information from Users, you will: obtain their consent, make it clear you (and not DaterDater) are the one collecting their information, and post a privacy policy explaining what information you collect and how you will use it.
  6. You will not post anyone's identification documents or sensitive financial information on DaterDater.


5. Sharing Your User Submissions and Information.
  1. We do not assume any liability for any User Submissions posted by you or any other 3rd party Users of our Services. However, subject to your privacy rights and application settings, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any User Submissions that you post on or in connection with DaterDater ("IP License"). This only refers and applies to User Submissions posted via open communication tools, and does not refer to information that is provided as part of the registration process, necessary in order to use our Services. All information provided as part of our registration process is covered by our Privacy Policy.
  2. We have the right at our sole discretion to remove any User Submission that, we feel in our judgment does not comply with this Agreement, along with any User Submission that we feel is otherwise offensive, harmful, objectionable, inaccurate, or violates any 3rd party copyrights or trademarks. We are not responsible for any delay or failure in removing such User Submission. If you post User Submission that we choose to remove, you hereby consent to such removal, and consent to waive any claim against us.
  3. When you delete an IP User Submission, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a device. However, you understand that removed User Submission may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).
  4. When you post or publish any User Submission or information, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of DaterDater, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).
  5. We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about DaterDater, but you understand that we may use your feedback or suggestions without any obligation to compensate you for them (just as you have no obligation to offer them).
  6. You represent and warrant:
    1. You are the owner of (or have all the rights and permission required to use) all the intellectual property rights in the User Submissions you post and have the written consent of each and every identifiable natural person in the User Submissions to use such person's name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the Service and this Agreement. Each person has released you from any liability that may arise in relation to such use.
    2. The User Submissions, use of the User Submissions with the Services and DaterDater's use of such User Submissions will not infringe any intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, privacy rights, confidentiality and rights of publicity or otherwise violate this Agreement or the rights of any third party.


6. Risk Assumption and Precautions. You assume all risk when using the Services, including but not limited to all of the risks associated with any online or offline interactions with others, including dating. You agree to take all necessary precautions when meeting individuals through our service. You understand that DaterDater currently does not conduct criminal background checks on its users. The company also does not verify the statements of its users. The company makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of users of their compatibility with any current or future users. The company reserves the right to conduct any criminal background checks or other screens at any time and use available public records. The company is not responsible for the conduct of any user. At no event, shall the company be liable, directly or indirectly, for any losses or damages whatsoever, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the conduct of you or anyone else in connection with the use of the service, including without limitation, death, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting in from communications or meetings with other users through the service. You should not provide your financial information or wire or otherwise send money, to other users.

7. No Guarantees. DaterDater may not be able to provide matches for everyone seeking to use its services. Further, DaterDater makes no guarantees as to the number or frequency of matches through our service, or to such matches' ability, desire or criteria to communicate with any user. You understand that DaterDater makes no guarantees, either explicit or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the service or as to the conduct of such individuals.

8. Reporting of Violations. You will promptly report to DaterDater any violation of the Agreement by others, including but not limited to, Registered Users.

9. Content Removal. DaterDater reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the information or material you submit to the Services or post in the public areas of the Services. DaterDater will have the right to remove any such information or material that in its sole opinion violates, or may violate, any applicable law or either the letter or spirit of this Agreement or upon the request of any third party.

10. No False Information. You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to DaterDater or to any other user. If information provided to DaterDater or another user subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify DaterDater of such change.

11. No Advertising or Commercial Solicitation. You will not advertise or solicit any user to buy or sell any products or services through the Site or Services. You may not transmit any chain letters, junk or spam e-mail to other users. Further, you will not use any information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent. If you breach the terms of this subsection and send or post unsolicited bulk email, "spam" or other unsolicited communications of any kind through the Services, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to DaterDater, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay DaterDater $50 for each such unsolicited communication you send through the Services.

12. Unique and Bona Fide Profile. As a Registered User of the Singles Service, you will create only one unique profile. In addition, your use of the Singles Service must be for bona fide relationship-seeking purposes in order to maintain the integrity of the Singles Service (for example, you may not become a Registered User solely to compile a report of compatible singles in your area, or to write a school research paper). Not all registered users are available for matching. From time to time, DaterDater may create test profiles in order to monitor the operation of the Services.

13. Selection of Profiles. Our service provides exclusive matching, and your profile will be selected to introduce you to specific matches based on our algorithm. You will be under no obligation to meet with or communicate with the match(es) we may introduce to you.

14. No Harassment of DaterDater Employees or Agents. You will not harass, annoy, intimidate or threaten any DaterDater employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.

Proprietary Rights

1. Ownership of Proprietary Information. You hereby acknowledge and agree that DaterDater is the owner of highly valuable proprietary information, including without limitation, the matching algorithm, profiles, and profile images. DaterDater owns and hereby retains all proprietary rights in the Services and the Site, including but not limited to, all Confidential Information.

2. No Use of Confidential Information. You will not post, copy, modify, transmit, disclose, show in public, create any derivative works from, distribute, make commercial use of, or reproduce in any way any (i) Confidential Information or (ii) other copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information accessible via the Services, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.

3. Other Users' Information. Other Registered Users may post copyrighted information, which has copyright protection whether or not it is identified as copyrighted. You agree that you will not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, commercially use, or sell any DaterDater or third party proprietary information available via the Services or the Site.

User Information

Privacy Statement. For information about the collection and possible use of information and material provided by you, please read our Privacy Policy. By using the Site or the Services, you are consenting to the terms of DaterDater's Privacy Statement.

No Contact Information. You agree that you will not post any e-mail addresses, personal website address or profile page you may have on a third party website, or other contact information in areas other than those specifically designated for this information, or in any other communications you may have with other users. You may, at your discretion, exchange such information after you are mutually connected through the company's chat service.

Disclosure By Law. You acknowledge and agree that DaterDater may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law, at the request of a third party, or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to (1) comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law); (2) protect or defend DaterDater's, or a third party's, rights or property; or (3) protect someone's health or safety, such as when harm or violence against any person (including the user) is threatened.

Disclosure to Protect Abuse Victims. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Privacy Statement, DaterDater reserves the right, but has no obligation, to disclose any information that you submit to the Services, if in its sole opinion, DaterDater suspects or has reason to suspect, that the information involves a party who may be the victim of abuse in any form. Abuse may include, without limitation, elder abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. Information may be disclosed to authorities that DaterDater, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate to handle such disclosure. Appropriate authorities may include, without limitation, law enforcement agencies, child protection agencies, or court officials. You hereby acknowledge and agree that DaterDater is permitted to make such disclosure.

Use of Anonymous Information for Research. By using the Services, you agree to allow DaterDater to anonymously use the information from you and your experiences through the Services to continue DaterDater's research into successful relationships and to improve the Services. This research may be published to the public. However, all of your responses will be anonymous, and we will not publish research containing your personal identifying information.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites. The Services may contain links to web sites of third-parties which are not under the control of DaterDater, and DaterDater is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such web sites. DaterDater provides these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply that DaterDater endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on such third-party web site. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation with third parties whose website links are found on or through the Services are solely between you and such a third party. You agree that DaterDater will 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 third party links on the Services. Please visit our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we use your information.

Disclaimer of Warranty

1. No Warranties. THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. DATERDATER PROVIDES THE SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR THE SITE (INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. DATERDATER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. DATERDATER DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR, AND NO WARRANTY IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO, THE CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES.

2. Third Party Content. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by DaterDater, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. DaterDater DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES, OR (ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN DATERDATER. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL DATERDATER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONE'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SERVICES, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS.

3. Beta Features. From time to time, DaterDater may offer new "beta" features or tools with which its users may experiment on the Services. Such features or tools are offered solely for experimental purposes and without any warranty of any kind, and may be modified or discontinued at DaterDater's sole discretion. The provisions of this Disclaimer of Warranty section apply with full force to such features or tools.

Limitation of Liability

1. Incidental Damages and Aggregate Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL DATERDATER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF DATERDATER KNOWS OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

2. No Liability for non-DaterDater Actions. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL DATERDATER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER REGISTERED USERS OF THE SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES ANY CLAIMS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE CONDUCT OF USERS WHO HAVE REGISTERED UNDER FALSE PRETENSES OR WHO ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD OR HARM YOU.

3. Information Verification. DaterDater and its contractors may use various ways of verifying information that users have provided. However, none of those ways are perfect, and you agree that DaterDater and its contractors will have no liability to you arising from any incorrectly verified information.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless DaterDater, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to or arising out of (a) your use of or inability to use the Site or Services, (b) any user postings made by you, (c) your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or (d) your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. DaterDater reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with DaterDater in asserting any available defenses.

Complaints / Law Enforcement Contact

To resolve a complaint regarding the Service, you e-mail us at contact@daterdater.com.

Notice For California Users : Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California website users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with: the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, in writing at 400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, California, 95814, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210, or by email at dca@dca.ca.gov.

Communication and Privacy

We may use your email address to send you messages notifying you of important changes to the Services or special offers.

Term and Termination

This Agreement will become effective upon your acceptance of the Agreement by your use of the Site or the Services and will remain in effect in perpetuity unless terminated hereunder. Either you or DaterDater may terminate your account at any time, for any reason or no reason, without explanation, effective upon sending written notice to the other party. DaterDater reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate your access to any of the Services, without notice, for any reason or no reason. We also reserve the right to remove your account information or data from our Services and any other records at any time at our sole discretion. . You may terminate your account by visiting the "Profile" page within the Service.

General Provisions

This Agreement, which you accept upon registration for the Services, the Privacy Policy located on the Site comprise the entire agreement between you and DaterDater regarding the use of this Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and DaterDater related to your use of this Site or Services (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of this Agreement). Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the Agreement will survive termination of your registration to the Service. The failure of DaterDater to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the use of the Site or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Special Provisions Applicable to Users Outside the United States

We strive to create a global community with consistent standards for everyone, but we also strive to respect local laws. The following provisions apply to Users and non-Users who interact with DaterDater outside the United States:
  1. You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
  2. If you are located in a country embargoed by the United States, or are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals you will not engage in commercial activities on DaterDater. You will not use DaterDater if you are prohibited from receiving products, services, or software originating from the United States.


Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

DaterDater respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. It is DaterDater's policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are repeatedly charged with infringing the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others. DaterDater will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the DaterDater's Site or other online network accessible through a mobile device or other type of device that are reported to DaterDater's Copyright Agent.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on this Site, please notify DaterDater at contact@daterdater.com as set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA). For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information in writing:

1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or — if multiple copyrighted works are covered by the notice — you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.

2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing (or to be the subject of infringing activity) and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the site where such material may be found.

3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.

4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the notice:
  1. "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."
  2. "I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."


5. Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Email this notice, with all items completed, to DaterDater's Copyright Agent:

Copyright Agent Phone: (817) 503-9545 Email: contact@daterdater.com