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1. Asking a Question or Reporting a Violation

   Please contact Connect Wire's legal department if you need to report a Terms of Service violation or ask a question about the Terms of Service.

2. Definitions
   • The phrase "Terms of Service" means all terms contained in this agreement, in this site's privacy policy, and anywhere on the site.
   • The words "we" and "us" refer to Connect Wire.
   • The words "you" and "your" mean the user who is reading this agreement.
   • "Using" Connect Wire refers to accessing, crawling, scraping, browsing, or performing any other activities that connect to or make use of Connect Wire in any manner.
   • The word "content" refers to any form of media or data, including but not limited to text, photos, graphics, audio, and video.
     • USER CONTENT: All content submitted to Connect Wire or made available by users, collectively.
     • YOUR CONTENT: All content that you submit or make available, including but not limited to reviews, ratings, compliments, information, and invitations displayed as part of your profile.
     • THIRD PARTY CONTENT: All content created or made available by data providers who license data to Connect Wire for use on the site, or other parties other than Connect Wire or its users.
     • Connect Wire CONTENT: All content created or made available by Connect Wire.
     • SITE CONTENT: All types of content, collectively.
3. Eligibility

   You must be at least 18 years old and a United States resident to use this site. If you use Connect Wire or post content to it for any business or commercial entity, you must be an authorized representative of that entity and you agree to bind that entity to these Terms of Service. If you do not meet these user eligibility requirements or if you do not have the authority to bind your company to these terms of service, you may not use this site.

4. Permission to Use

   We grant you permission to use Connect Wire under the restrictions described in these Terms of Service. You may at times be exposed to inaccurate, objectionable, indecent, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content. We do not vouch for the accuracy of such content, nor do we encourage or endorse it.

5. Restrictions

   You agree to neither directly nor indirectly participate in or encourage any of the following activities:

   1. Affect natural search results in any way through your use of Connect Wire, for example, by keyword spamming.
   2. Use the site for discriminatory or bigoted purposes.
   3. Cause excessive network traffic.
   4. Display, submit, or transmit pornographic or illegal content on Connect Wire.
   5. Violate these Terms of Service or any applicable laws.
   6. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site, including user accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the site, using password mining, hacking, or any other illegal or unethical methods.
   7. Omit or alter any part of Connect Wire's copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices on anything you copy, print, or distribute from the site.
   8. Use Connect Wire to stalk, defraud, threaten, harass, or otherwise harm any other person.
   9. Reverse engineer any part of the site, except as permitted by law.
   10. Mine, record, or process any data about the site or its users.
   11. Circumvent, remove, disable, damage, or interfere in any way with any of Connect Wire's security features that limit site use or prevent unauthorized copying of site content.
   12. Exploit the site or site content (other than your content) through modification, adaptation, translation, sale, reproduction, distribution, trade, or creation of derivative works or adaptations of site content or the site itself.
   13. Use Connect Wire or site content to transmit destructive items such as viruses, worms, or Trojan horses (collectively, "viruses").
   14. Use Connect Wire to solicit information from minors or cause harm to minors.
   15. Use Connect Wire for commercial or promotional purposes not expressly allowed by the site.
   16. Use any software or devices to interfere with the proper working order of the site.
   17. Use Connect Wire in any manner that might create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one, for example, by soliciting reviews from or trading reviews with other businesses.
   18. Access, scrape, or index this site or its content using any automated device, spider, site search/retrieval application, robot, or process as a means to (a) frame or reformat any part of Connect Wire, (b) build, develop, or populate a database of business-focused reviews, or (c) take any action that will impose, or, in the siteís opinion, may possibly impose an unreasonable load on our systems.
   19. Use Connect Wire in any way that violates the rights of other users or third parties. This includes any and all rights, proprietary or intellectual, including but not limited to confidence, moral, patent, copyright, privacy, trademark, trade secret, and publicity.
   20. Use the site to crack passwords or encryption codes, disrupt or interfere with security, or for any purposes that interfere with security or cause harm to the site or site content.
6. User Accounts

   To access certain features of Connect Wire, you may need to log in using a Facebook account. If you do not have a Facebook account, you will have to create one to access these features. You are responsible for keeping your account password secure and for any activity associated with your account. You agree to notify us immediately if you are aware of or suspect unauthorized use of your account.

   • Personal Accounts: Accounts that you use for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. To ensure your credibility as a site contributor, you agree to provide accurate and complete information about yourself when creating your personal account. You may not create multiple personal accounts or provide another personís e-mail address or impersonate another person in any way.
   • Business Accounts: Accounts that you use solely for representing a business. To create an account for your business, you must be an authorized representative of the business, and you must register using a Facebook account. You agree to submit accurate and complete information about yourself and the business when creating your business account. You may not create more than one business account for the same organization or register business e-mail addresses that you do not have permission to register.
7. Responsibility for Content

   Your content is solely your responsibility. Connect Wire bears no liability for your content. You assume any and all risks associated with your content, including but not limited to reliance on accuracy, completeness, or usefulness and disclosures that reveal your identity. You may not imply in any way that your content is endorsed or sponsored by Connect Wire. Upon posting content on Connect Wire, you represent that you own the posted content or you have permission to use it and to authorize its use for other purposes.

   You may be exposed to liability if (a) your content violates any third-party right, including but not limited to rights involving copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, publicity right, or any other right, intellectual or proprietary; or (b) your content contains information that is false or intentionally misleading, defamatory information, information containing hate speech or pornography, information that harms or exploits minors, unlawful information, or information that violates or encourages others to violate laws or regulations.

8. Content Permissions

   Your content may be displayed on Connect Wire, incorporated into other works, used for promotion, used to create derivative works, distributed, or used for any other lawful purpose. Others may also do the same in connection with their own websites or media platforms ("other media"). By posting your content or otherwise making it available, you grant irrevocable permission to use your content for any purpose and you consent to waive any moral rights, attribution claims, and assertions for your content. You also agree to grant access to your content to Connect Wire and users of other media in connection with their use of the site and any other media.

9. Content Uses

   We may remove or reinstate user content at any time and for any reason at our discretion. Specifically, we may remove content that is determined to violate our Terms of Service or that we believe to be inappropriate.

   You don't own rights or entitlements to compensation for advertisements that run with your content or anywhere else on the site. Advertising mode, manner, and extent are subject to change without notice.

   To help distribute content widely and easily, some of the site content (also "feed content") is made available through Atom feeds and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) (collectively, "feeds"). Users may access feeds to display feed content on their websites, computers, handheld devices, or anywhere else provided that (a) such use is personal and not commercial, (b) displayed feeds link back to relevant pages on the site and attribute Connect Wire as the source, (c) you do not suggest through use or display of Feed Content that Connect Wire endorses or promotes any third-party causes, products, ideas, websites, or services, (d) you do not redistribute the feed content, and (e) Connect Wire's systems are not overburdened by your accessing the feeds. We reserve the right to terminate access to any feed at any time and for any reason.

10. Unauthorized Access

    We strictly and expressly forbid unauthorized access to Connect Wire. We reserve the right to use any means necessary to prevent unauthorized access, including but not limited to mapping IP addresses, contacting your Internet Service Provider (ISP), and using technological or programmatic obstructions.

11. Investigations

    Connect Wire is under no obligation to monitor the site or its Content. However, if we believe a possible Terms of Service violation has occurred, we reserve the right to investigate, contact appropriate law enforcement personnel as necessary, and/or block you from the site. In compliance with the Privacy Policy listed on this page, information may be prudently disclosed, including some or all of your content.

12. Third Parties
    1. Some site features are powered by Google, Inc. Use of these features is governed by our Terms of Service and Google.com's Terms of Use, which can be found at http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps. Other features are powered by The Microsoft Corporation. These features are governed by our Terms of Service and The Microsoft Corporation's terms of use, located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21969. Microsoft Corporation's privacy policy is located here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId21970. These URLs might have been changed.
    2. You may see links to other websites ("third party sites"). Responsibility for third party content lies with third party sites and not with us. Third party sites are not controlled by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Connect Wire.
13. Site Availability

    We have the right to update, change, or discontinue Connect Wire at any time, for any reason, at our discretion, without notice or liability.

14. Account Termination

    We may, for any or no reason and at any time, terminate or suspend your account or ability to use the site without notice or liability. For example, if we suspect that you are involved in illegal activity or you are found to be in breach of these Terms of Service, we may terminate or suspend your account. If your account is terminated or suspended, you may be prevented from accessing your account, your content, the site content, and/or any related data.

15. Ownership

    Connect Wire content elements include interactive features, computer code, products, compilations, visual interfaces, graphics, designs, software, aggregate user reviews and ratings, and all other elements of Connect Wire, including user and third-party content. These elements are owned by Connect Wire. Changing, distributing, reproducing, publicly displaying, creating derivative works or adaptations, or exploiting the Connect Wire content, in whole or in part, is prohibited unless expressly authorized by the site. No express or implied rights are provided to users, other than those provided by these Terms of Service. We retain all rights in and to Connect Wire and all site content. Also, all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and intellectual and proprietary rights throughout the world ("IP Rights") that are associated with Connect Wire in any way, whether with its content or with the site itself, are also owned by the site, except where otherwise noted. These IP Rights are protected by trademark, patent, and trade dress laws, and all applicable intellectual and proprietary rights and laws.

16. Feedback
    • Site Improvements or Suggestions. If you have suggestions for improving Connect Wire or your experience with the site, use our Contact Us form. By sending us feedback in the form of suggestions, ideas, requests, or proposals, you certify that (a) similar feedback may already be in development or under consideration, (b) with respect to provided feedback, Connect Wire is under no express or implied obligation of confidentiality, (c) your feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information regarding third parties, and (d) you grant Connect Wire an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, publish, distribute, and sublicense the feedback and all improvements resulting from it.
    • Dissatisfaction. To help us continually improve your user experience, we also invite you to share negative feedback with us by using our Contact Us page. However, terminating your account and discontinuing use of Connect Wire is the only way to fully remedy your dissatisfaction with the site, these Terms of Service, our policies or practices, or any site content.
17. Indemnity

    Users agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless Connect Wire and all of its parents, subsidiaries, related companies, licensors, partners, affiliates, and suppliers, as well as the officers, employees, agents, directors, and representatives of each of these entities. The terms of this indemnification (hold-harmless) agreement include but are not limited to costs, liabilities, and legal fees from any demand or claim made by a third-party arising from (a) your Terms of Service violation, (b) your access to or use of Connect Wire, or (c) any infringement by you or a person using your account of any property, intellectual, or other right of any person or entity. You consent to cooperate with claims as Connect Wire, at your expense, reserves the right to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter in which you are required to indemnify us. Unless you have written consent from Connect Wire, you may not settle any matter. We will make reasonable efforts to make you aware of any claim, action, or proceeding.

18. WARRANTIES, DISCLAIMERS, AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
    • Connect Wire DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY (1) DAMAGES, BE THEY RELIANCE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR INDIRECT, (2) PROFIT LOSS, (3) DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF REPUTATION OF Connect Wire OR ANY THIRD PARTY, (4) INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR (5) INFORMATION OR DATA LOSS.
    • SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME WARRANTIES, THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS ON THE LENGTH OF A WARRANTY. IN THIS CASE, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU FULLY, BUT THEY WILL APPLY TO YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
    • LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (1) THE AMOUNT PAID TO THE SITE IN CONNECTION WITH Connect Wire IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OFFENDING ACTION OR (2) U.S. $100.00.
    • ALL LIABILITY FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR DEALINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BUSINESSES, ADVERTISERS OR USERS ON THE SITE IS DISCLAIMED BY Connect Wire. ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THESE ADVERTISERS, BUSINESSES OR USERS IS SOLELY BETWEEN YOU AND THEM AND WILL NOT BE MEDIATED BY Connect Wire; HOWEVER, Connect Wire RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MONITOR ANY DISPUTES.
    • ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE DUE TO THE USE OF THE SITE AND SITE CONTENT IS FURTHER DISCLAIMED BY Connect Wire. USE OF THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. ANY RESULTING LOSS OR DAMAGE IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGE RESULTING FROM VIRUSES THAT YOU MAY DOWNLOAD DURING YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
    • NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, STATUTORY, OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE BY Connect Wire AS TO (1) SITE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY, (2) THE IP RIGHTS, SAFETY, USEFULNESS, LEGALITY, QUALITY, COMPLETENESS, INTEGRITY AND ACCURACY OF ANY SITE CONTENT, WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCURACY OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND REVIEWS LISTED ON THE SITE, AND (3) ANY SERVICES AND/OR PRODUCTS SOLD BY LISTED BUSINESSES. ALL CONTENT CONTAINED ON Connect Wire AND THE SITE ITSELF ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. Connect Wire DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, DURABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WARRANTIES. ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, THAT IS OBTAINED FROM Connect Wire SHALL NOT CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR CONDITION NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
19. Miscellaneous
    • The Terms of Service contain the entire agreement between you and Connect Wire for all instances and types of Site use.
    • In the event that any provisions found in these Terms of Service are found to be unenforceable or illegal, those provisions will be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary to make them enforceable and legal.
    • This agreement supersedes all other prior agreements between you and Connect Wire.
    • Section titles within the Terms of Service are listed for convenience only; they have no contractual or legal effect.
    • Both parties herein acknowledge that no reliance is placed on any direct or indirect representation contained in these Terms of Service.
    • You may not assign, transfer, or sub-license these Terms of Service without Connect Wire's written agreement. Any assignment made in violation of these Terms of Service will be void. Connect Wire reserves the right to assign or transfer the Terms of Service without restriction.
    • You agree that the State of California will govern any dispute regarding or involving Connect Wire without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in San Francisco county, California state, and United States federal courts.
    • These Terms of Service may not be interpreted as authorization of agency, employment, joint venture, or partnership. These Terms of Service do not give you authority to bind Connect Wire in any way.
    • Either party's failure to exercise any right provided herein will not result in the providing of a waiver.
    • Connect Wire reserves the right to make necessary changes to these Terms of Service. We will notify you of any such changes by posting the revised Terms of Service on this page with a list of changes. Notifications may also be provided to you through e-mail or regular mail, but this is not required. You agree to periodically revisit this page to read all changes. All changes are in effect as of the moment they are posted on this page. All future changes are binding to you through use of this site. By continuing to use Connect Wire after we change the Terms of Service, you indicate agreement with all changes.
    • These Terms of Service give no rights or remedies to any third parties unless expressly noted.