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Please review the following terms of service carefully. The terms of
service posted on the day of use govern all use of Bright Circles' services.
Our site is only for individuals 18 years of age and older.
You can begin using
our site by filling out our online registration form. By registering with us, you agree to provide accurate and current information about yourself and do your best to update that information if it changes for the benefit of your network community.
You will be provided the option of receiving Bright Circles
Company Worth Keeping newsletter which will provide you
information on new services, products and news. It will also tell you
about some of the new members that are joining. Many people appreciate
these updates. You will also have the option of receiving a variety of
periodic emails. The option to receive any of these email products is
completely yours. If, at any time, you do not wish to continue to receive
any of these emails from us, you may remove yourself from the list by
following the instructions at the bottom of each email. For quality
control, Bright Circles will occasionally send confirmation emails to you
to verify your email address has not been changed. If the confirmation
email "bounces" back, we may deactivate your membership. We
will also keep you advised of new functionality and new product offerings
via email from time to time.
Bright Circles currently
offers membership at no cost to you. Bright Circles reserves the right
in the future to charge at it’s discretion for these or other services.
All members may:
- Post their name in a relevant Bright Circles alumni networks
- Apply for open job postings exclusive to our site
- Develop their Bright Circles Profile Page
- Search for friends in multiple alumni networks
- Receive email from alumni and friends
- Receive company-specific information
- Receive email from us which will let you know when new members from
your alumni’s have registered.
- Receive our newsletter "Company Worth Keeping" and various other emails which provide discounts and other information
of interest to Bright Circles' members.
In general, Bright Circles does
not rent or sell your personal information. We may provide your personal
information to the police or other investigating agencies to assist them
in the investigation of any suspected violations of law. We also have
the right to share your name and contact information with our attorneys
in the event of serious violations of conduct. For more details, see our
Privacy Policy - the terms of which are hereby incorporated.
Although we have no obligation
to screen or edit information that is posted or shared by members, we
reserve the right to remove any objectionable information, at our discretion,
without notice.
- Follow all local, state, national and international laws and regulations
- Take responsibility for all acts that occur under your account or
password, including any content transmitted or broadcast from your account
- Maintain the confidentiality of your password and login identity
- Comply with all intellectual property and other proprietary rights
laws, including but not limited to federal copyright and trademark laws,
in the use of the site and in making your personal profile and submissions
of stories
- Provide only accurate and appropriate personal information about yourself.
Please do not post sexually explicit language. You agree to keep your
personal information posted on the site within the convention of good
taste. We do not review the directory or individuals' profiles looking
for inappropriate material, but if it is brought to our attention, we
will require that you revise or delete the inappropriate information.
We have the right to request edits or make edits to your personal information
at our discretion
- Avoid postings that would be a violation of your current employer's policies
You agree NOT to:
- Use incognito names when registering or communicating on our site - there is just no benefit for anyone
- Use your access to Bright Circles for any commercial purpose
- Send junk mail to our members or solicit our members for commercial purposes
- Post your email address anywhere on the site including your member
profile or on any message posts. Initial connections
need to be made via our service. This also protects your privacy and
the potential misuse of your personal information by others for mischievous
purposes
- Post your phone number or addresses. You can
be contacted by your friends once you have made initial contact. Once
two members are connected, you can share your personal information
(email address, phone number, etc.) directly with the person contacting
you if you so choose
- Republish information found in this site
- Post any false, misleading, slanderous, libelous, or inaccurate
information about others on our site. In the event you do, we have the
right to release your identifying information to the police, our
attorneys or the individual you mentioned in your posting so that they
may take action against you
- Post or forward any confidential correspondence from Bright Circles
- Post any material that is not entirely your own or for which you do
not have full rights to use
- Delete or otherwise revise any material posted by any other person
- Use any device, software, or routine to interfere (or attempt to interfere)
with the proper working of Bright Circles' Site or any activity being
conducted on this Site
- Post insider information or corporate trade secrets
- Post inaccurate or deceptive information about yourself, others or
your employer
- Post threats of bodily harm or any other illegal activities
- Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on this Site's infrastructure (including without limitation,
"flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing,"
or "crashing" the Site)
- Bright Circles reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate
access to the site at any time without notice if you are suspected
of violating any of these Terms of Service. We also reserve the right,
on occasion, to require you to change your password
- Swearing, obscenities, and inappropriate behavior (as solely determined
by Bright Circles) on the site will not be tolerated, and your membership will be immediately
terminated if we determine that you have participated in such behavior
Please contact us
in the event you need to report abusive conduct. Although we have no obligation
to police the site, we do try to remove content that is clearly inappropriate
when it is brought to our attention
In the
event you violate these Terms of Service, Bright Circles has the right
to terminate your account. In the event of a serious violation (as solely
determined by Bright Circles) Bright Circles may also file suit against
you for business interference or other appropriate legal theories and
we will seek compensation from you for potential damage to our reputation
caused by your actions. Bright Circles has the right to eliminate any
Private Group suspected of violations of the law or our Terms of Service.
Bright Circles will cooperate with the authorities on any said suspected
violations
Please do not copy content
from our site without our permission. This site (Bright Circles.com),
and all of the content of the site, is protected by intellectual property
and other laws throughout the world. None of the content found on this site may be copied,
reproduced, republished, distributed, sold, licensed, transferred, distributed
or modified without the express written permission of Bright Circles.
Unauthorized use of the site would be a violation of Bright Circles' and
its licensors' rights. In addition, the trademarks, logos and service
marks displayed on this site (collectively, the "Trademarks")
are the property of Bright Circles, its affiliates, and various third
parties. The site and the software incorporated in the site may not be
reverse engineered, decompiled or disassembled.
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY
PROVIDED IN THIS PROVISION, THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" AND BRIGHT CIRCLES DISCLAIMS, AND YOU WAIVE, ANY WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION,
GUARANTY, OR REPRESENTATION RELATED TO THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT AND THOSE
ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR
USAGE OF TRADE. THE FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS AND CONTENT OF THE SITE ARE NOT
WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR, AND BRIGHT CIRCLES AND
ITS PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF
INFORMATION ON THE SITE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AND COST OF REPAIRS
OR CORRECTIONS TO YOUR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE DUE TO THE USE OF THE SITE.
This disclaimer of warranty may not apply to all users.
YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BRIGHT CIRCLES, AND
BRIGHT CIRCLES'S DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, AGENTS OR
AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DAMAGE
TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM USE OF THE SITE OR VIRUSES, OR DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOSSES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS), WHETHER
BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH YOU MAY
INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR NONPERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION
OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS EVEN IF BRIGHT CIRCLES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSS Bright Circles is not responsible
for, and shall have no liability with respect to, the content of third
party Web sites that are linked to or from the site. Bright Circles is
not responsible for the user generated content on the site. Some states
do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability to the extent set
forth herein; therefore, this provision may not apply to every person
as written.
You warrant and represent that
- You shall abide by all the terms and conditions of this agreement;
- You are of sufficient legal age to use this site and to create binding
legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the
use of this site;
- You will not take any action which would derogate Bright Circles'
or its licensors' rights in and to their intellectual property or content;
- You will not infringe on the copyrights of any third parties;
- You will not violate any laws in your use or postings of information
on the site; and
- You will not interfere in the business of Bright Circles by posting
information that violates the rules outlined above or by attempting
to divert traffic from the Site. You shall indemnify and hold harmless,
and at Bright Circles' request defend, Bright Circles, its directors,
officers, shareholders, employees, agents, affiliates and owners (each,
an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all claims,
proceedings, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees, an allocation for in-house counsel,
and other legal costs) arising out of any claim of any third party resulting
from any breach of your representations, warranties or covenants set
forth in this agreement. You shall reimburse each Indemnified Party
on demand for any costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by such Indemnified
Party to which this indemnity relates
The site may contain
links to other sites. Bright Circles does not endorse any other site and
is not liable for any loss or damages related to the content, products
or services available through those sites. If you have any problems or
concerns regarding other sites, please contact their site administrator
or Web master directly.
Bright Circles reserves the right to discontinue, delete and change the
content or purposes of the site from time to time. Bright Circles also
reserves the right to change the Terms of Service. The Terms of Service
in effect at the time of your use shall govern your use of the site.
This Agreement
shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada applicable to contracts negotiated
and fully performed within that State, and the parties agree to submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Ontario
in any action brought to enforce or arising out of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Bright Circles shall have the right to commence and prosecute
any legal or equitable action or proceeding before any Canadian or non-
Canadian of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive or other relief
in Bright Circles' sole discretion.
- No Partnership/Assignment. Our relationship is not one of agency or
partnership and you will not be deemed to be a partner, employee, fiduciary,
agent or representative of Bright Circles by your use of the site. You
may not assign or transfer your rights to any third party.
- Severability. These terms are severable. In the event that any provision
is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless
be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such
determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
other remaining provisions.
- No Waiver. Failure to enforce a term of this agreement shall not be
deemed a subsequent waiver of that term or other terms.
- Termination of Membership Permitted. The license granted in this agreement
shall terminate automatically without notice from Bright Circles if
you fail to comply with any provision of this agreement. Bright Circles
may terminate a free membership at its sole discretion.
- Headings of No Effect. The headings in this agreement are used for
convenience only and not for interpretation.
- Entire Agreement. This agreement is the entire understanding between
us regarding your access to, license and use of the site and its content
and supersedes any prior agreements, statements or representations with
respect to the same.
We sincerely hope you enjoy your use of the Bright Circles site.
Please understand that these rules help protect the integrity of the information
for all of our members.
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