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| Code of Ethics for www.phatmath.com |
| Date of Last Revision: December 9, 2007 |
elcome to PhatMath, an international mathematics edutainment social network. Our PhatMathservice
and network (collectively, " PhatMath " or "the Service") are operated by Phat Math, Inc. ("the Company"). By accessing or using our web site
at www.phatmath.com(the "Site"), you (the "User") signify that you have
read, understand
and agree to be bound by these Code of Ethics ("Code of
Ethics" or "User Agreement"), whether or not you are a registered member of PhatMath. We reserve the right,
at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions
of the Code of Ethics at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post
the changes to the Code of Ethics on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Service or the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Code of Ethics. If you do not agree to abide by this or any future Code of Ethics, do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the Service or the Site. It is your responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have been changes to the Code of Ethics and to review such changes. |
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PLEASE READ THE CODE OF ETHICS CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. IT INCLUDES VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED. |
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Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. This Site is intended solely for users who are students (K-12 and College), parents, guardians, teachers, educational
administrators, mentors, tutors – that is, all well-meaning individuals who are interested
in promoting mathematics proficiency and financial literacy. Any registration by, use of
or access to the Site by anyone with other motives and/or intentions, is unauthorized,
unlicensed and in violation of the Code of Ethics. By using the Service or the Site, you
represent and warrant that you agree to and abide by all of the terms and conditions of
this User Agreement. |
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Registration Data; Account Security
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In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and
complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the
Site ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain the security of your password and identification;
(c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you
provide to Company, to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) be fully
responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place using your
account. |
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Proprietary Rights in
Site Content; Limited License
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All content on the Site and available through the Service, including mathematical
equations, diagrams, illustrations,designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information,
applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement
(the "Site Content"), are the proprietary property of the Company, its users or its licensors
with all rights reserved. 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,
except that 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, you are
granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site Content and to download
or print a copy of any portion of the Site Content to which you have properly gained
access solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright
or other proprietary notices intact. Except for your own User Content, you may not
upload or republish Site Content on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate
the information in any other database or compilation, and any other use of the Site
Content is strictly prohibited. Such license is subject to the Code of Ethics 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. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws
including copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and
statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in the Code of Ethics shall be construed
as conferring any 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. |
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Trademarks. |
PhatMath, Phat
Math, www.phatmath.com and other Company graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are registered trademarks,
trademarks of Company in the U.S. and/or other countries. Company's trademarks may
not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in
connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion
and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written
permission of the Company. |
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You understand that except for advertising programs offered by us on the Site, the
Service and the Site are available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You
represent, warrant and agree that no materials of any kind submitted through your
account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by you on or through the Service will
violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark,
privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory
or otherwise unlawful material.
In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to: |
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- use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the
Service or the Site;
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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;
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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;
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upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make publicly available on the
Site any private information of any third party, including, addresses, phone
numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;
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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;
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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;
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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.
Without limiting any of the foregoing, you also agree to abide by our PhatMath Code of Ethics
that provides further information regarding the authorized conduct of users on PhatMath. |
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User Content Posted on
the Site |
You are solely responsible for the mathematical equations, diagrams, illustrations,
photographs, profiles (including your name, image, and likeness), messages, notes, text,
information, advertisements, listings, and other content that you upload, publish or
display (hereinafter, "post") on or through the Service or the Site, or transmit to or share
with other users (collectively the "User Content"). You may not post, transmit, or share
User Content on the Site or Service that you did not create or that you do not have
permission to post. You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated
to, review the Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User
Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including User Content that in
the sole judgment of the Company violates this User Agreement or the PhatMath Code
of Ethics, or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or
threaten the safety of users or others. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and
expense for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on
the Site or provide to the Company.
When you post User Content to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies
thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User
Content on the Site. By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically
grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with
the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in
whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial,
advertising, or otherwise, 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, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain
archived copies of your User Content. PhatMath does not assert any ownership over
your User Content; rather, as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in
these Terms, you retain full ownership of all of your User Content and any intellectual
property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your User Content. |
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In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable
law, Company has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at
Company's sole discretion, members who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Company
may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Site and/or terminate the memberships
of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there
is any repeat infringement. |
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You are solely responsible for your interactions with other PhatMath users. We reserve
the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users. |
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By using the Site or the Service, you are consenting to have your personal data
transferred to and processed in the United States. |
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The Company is not responsible or liable in any manner for any User Content or Third
Party Applications, Software or Content posted on the Site or in connection with the
Service, whether posted or caused by users of the Site, by PhatMath, by third parties 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, transmit or share 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 Applications, Software or 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 technical malfunction
or other problems of any telephone network or service, computer systems, servers or
providers, computer or mobile phone 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 User's or to any other person's
computer, or other hardware or software, related to or resulting from using 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
Applications, Software or 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, ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS AND THE SITE
CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY
AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING 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 AND/OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS. COMPANY DOES NOT
REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR
ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE.
THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE USE AND
DOWNLOADING OF ANY SUCH SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS AND
USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT
VIRUSES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN CONTENT,
MATERIAL, DATA OR SOFTWARE FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE AND
ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND
THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE THEREOF AND
ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER
HARM OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT.
The Company reserves the right to change any and all content, software and other items
used or 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. |
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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, ACCESSED THROUGH OR
DOWNLOADED FROM 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 $25. 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. |
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The Company may terminate your membership, delete your profile and any content or
information that you have posted on the Site for any reason, or no reason, at any time in
its sole discretion, with or without notice. When we are notified that a user has died, we
will generally, but are not obligated to, keep the user's account active under a special
memorialized status for a period of time determined by us to allow other users to post and
view comments. |
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Governing Law; Venue
and Jurisdiction
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By visiting or using the Site and/or the Service, you agree that the laws of the State of
Florida, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern the Code of Ethics
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 Florida, 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 Florida. |
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YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE
PROVIDED IN REGARD TO SPECIFIC SERVICES ON THE SITE IN ANY
SPECIFIC TERMS APPLICABLE TO THOSE SERVICES, THE SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE FORUM AND REMEDY FOR ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND
CLAIMS RELATING IN ANY WAY TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE CODE OF
ETHICS, 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: (a) 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, or you have otherwise violated any of
the user conduct rules set forth above or in the Code of Ethics then the parties
acknowledge that arbitration is not an adequate remedy at law and that injunctive or other
appropriate relief may be sought; and (b) no disputes or claims relating to any
transactions you enter into with a third party through the PhatMath online store may be
arbitrated.
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 THE CODE OF ETHICS 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) years after the cause of action arose. |
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You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, 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, Software or Content you post or share on
or through the Site, 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. |
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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. |
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The Code of Ethics constitute the entire agreement between you and Company regarding
the use of the Site and/or the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and
Company relating to your use of the Site or the Service. The failure of Company to
exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Code of Ethics shall not constitute a
waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of this
Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect. If any provision of the Code of Ethics shall be deemed unlawful, void or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the Code
of Ethics and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. |
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