Terms & Conditions

IMPORTANT!
THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED FOR USE BY ADULTS ONLY. BY SELECTING ANY OF THE OPTIONS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. YOUR ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO LEGALLY BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. CAREFULLY READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING. YOUR REGISTRATION ON THIS WEBSITE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF YOUR SIGNATURE AND INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THAT YOU INTEND TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THEM. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE AND YOU SHOULD NOT REGISTER.

This is an agreement between You ("You") and Mate1.com INC., operating under the website name MATE 1.COM (the "Company"). "We" and "Us" means both You and the Company. The effective date of this Agreement is when You accept this Agreement in accordance with the procedure set out above. You must agree to abide by all of the Terms and Conditions contained in this Agreement in order to become or remain an authorized user of the services offered in this website.

You hereby consent to the exchange of information and documents between Us electronically over the Internet or by e-mail, and that this electronic Agreement shall be the equivalent of a written paper agreement between Us.

We may modify this Agreement from time to time. Notification of changes in this Agreement will be posted on this web site or sent via electronic mail, as we may determine in our sole discretion. You have the responsibility to acquaint yourself, from time to time, with the Terms of Conditions of this Agreement. If You do not agree to any modifications, You should terminate your use of this web site. Your continued use of this web site following the posting of notice of any changes in this Agreement, will constitute a binding acceptance by You of any subsequent modifications.

  1. Ownership And Copyright.
    You acknowledge that any and all information, content, reports, data, databases, graphics, interfaces, web pages, text, files, software, product names, company names, trade-marks, logos and trade names contained on this web site (collectively the "Content") including the manner in which the Content is presented or appears and all information relating thereto, are the property of their respective owners as indicated, the Company or its licensors, as the case may be.
  2. Permitted Use.
    Your right to use the Content or the services offered on this web site is subject to any limitations, conditions and restrictions established by us at any time, in our sole discretion. We may alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Content at any time, including the availability of any services feature, database or content. We may also impose limits on certain features and aspects of the Content or restrict your access to parts or all of the Content without notice or liability. We reserve the right but do not maintain the obligation to edit or delete any content that you post on or transmit through this web site that we deem to be in violation of our Terms of Service.

    You certify that:

    1. You are not currently on probation, parole supervision or serving time in prison resulting from a felony conviction.
    2. You will be truthful in all information presented in your personal profile and you verify that the photo or photos that you post actually depict you.
    3. You will not transmit deliberately misleading information about yourself or your intentions to other members of the Service through the web site.

    You agree that You will:

    1. keep all information provided to You through this web site as private and confidential and will not give such information to anyone without the permission of the person who provided it to You;
    2. not use this web site to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behavior, including but not limited to the posting of communications, pictures or recordings which contain libelous, slanderous, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, obscene, or offensive language, or photographs depicting sexual acts; the transmission of any material (by e-mail, uploading or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or the destruction of property; or use of the service to identify, access, contact, interact with, publish obscene images of, or otherwise harm, minors in any way;
    3. not forward chain letters through this web site;
    4. not use this web site to transmit or assist in the transmission of any material (by email, uploading or otherwise) that violates, plagiarizes or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any copyright or trade-mark law, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights, or is fraudulent or otherwise unlawful or violates any law;
    5. not use this web site to transmit requests for financial or legal assistance, sponsorship for immigration purposes, employment, or credit card or banking information.
    6. not use this web site to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods, services or commercial activities of any kind.
    7. not interfere with or disrupt this web site or the servers or other networks connected to or supported by this web site or site. No party will in any manner distribute, originate, disseminate, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to modify, interfere with, interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment (whether in a destructive or benign manner, and whether on a temporary or permanent basis).
    8. not post any contact information including, but not limited to, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, postal addresses, "instant messenger" nicknames, URLs, or full names that may be used to discover your contact information, through your publicly posted information. You may transmit only offline or non-electronic contact information, such as phone numbers, names and postal addresses, via the internal email and instant messaging systems of the web site. You may not transmit any electronic or online contact information, including, but not limited to, email addresses, instant messenger nicknames and URLs, through the internal email or instant messaging systems of the web site. We reserve the right but do not maintain the obligation to edit any electronic or online contact information, either manually or automatically, from your profile and from any messages that you send through the service.

  3. Restrictions On Use.
    You agree that You will not:
    1. distribute the Content for any purpose including without limitation compiling an internal database, redistributing or reproduction of the Content by the press or media or through any commercial network, cable or satellite system; or
    2. create derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, adapt, translate, transmit, arrange, modify, bundle, sell, sub-license, export, merge, transfer, adapt, loan, rent, lease, assign, share, outsource, host, publish, aggregate, copy, duplicate, make available to any person or otherwise use, either directly or indirectly, the Content in whole or in part, in any form or by any means whatsoever, be they physical, electronic or otherwise without express written consent from Mate1.com. You shall not permit, allow or do anything that would infringe or otherwise prejudice the proprietary rights of the Company or its licensors or allow any third-party to access the Content. 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, provide that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. The restrictions set out in this Agreement shall not apply to the limited extent the restrictions are prohibited by applicable law;
    3. "frame" or "link" to any Mate1.com Content or information available from the Site;
    4. use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to Mate1.com or the Site in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose;
    5. violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site, including without limitation, the following activities: (a) accessing data not intended for You or logging into a server or account which You are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; or (d) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil and/or criminal liability. Mate1.com will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations;
  4. Fees and Payments
    1. Although You may register as a Guest Member of the Service for free, You may be required to pay a subscription fee to use certain Paid Features of the Service. If You wish to use these Paid Features, You must become a Full Member and pay the fees that are specified on the web site. These fees are part of this Agreement. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement and your use of the Service at any time at our sole discretion.
    2. From time to time We may offer, at low cost or at no cost, a Trial Membership ("Trial") lasting a specified period of time. A Trial provides access to the same Paid Features as a Full Membership. You must provide your credit card or checking information in order to obtain a Trial. The duration of a Trial is indicated in the description of said Trial on the web site, using "Day" as a unit of measurement. The term "Day" in this context denotes a period of exactly 24 hours, and You shall interpret it as such when calculating the duration of a Trial (eg: a "3-Day Trial" would last exactly 72 hours from the time of registration for said Trial). If You do not cancel your subscription before the end of the specified Trial period, You will be automatically upgraded to Full Member status and billed or rebilled at the rate indicated on the web site. Your credit card information will be retained on the secure billing server of the service, for verification purposes in the event of a dispute regarding charges, and in order to allow You to cancel your membership and then re-subscribe without having to re-enter your credit card information.
    3. Members who have previously subscribed for a Trial or a Full Membership and have cancelled said Trial or Full Membership may be offered an option entitled "Reactivate your Membership." If You choose to Reactivate your Membership, You will be charged the price of a full membership immediately upon reactivation. This charge will be applied to the same credit card or checking account with which You signed up for your previous Trial or Full Membership. If said credit card or checking account is refused by our billing system, You will be prompted to enter new billing information. You will be rebilled automatically every 30 days thereafter until You cancel your subscription.
    4. If you become a Full Member either by choosing to subscribe for a Full Membership, by automatic upgrade at the end of a Trial, or by choosing to Reactivate your Membership, you will be rebilled automatically every 30 days until You cancel your subscription. You may cancel your subscription at any time by following the cancellation request procedure indicated on the web site. If You cancel your subscription before the end of the Trial period, You will not be rebilled; You will lose your access to Paid Features at the end of the Trial period and You will be returned to Guest Member status. When You cancel a Full Membership, you will remain a Full Member with access to Paid Features until the end of your already-paid billing cycle. At the end of said billing cycle, your access to Paid Features will be suspended. You may renew your Full Membership at any time by following the instructions on the web site.
    5. Mate1 is not responsible for membership cancellation requests that are not completed in accordance with the instructions on the web site. Cancellation requests filed properly through the web site will be processed immediately. Cancellations requests submitted via phone or email will be handled during normal business hours in the order they are received. It is your sole responsibility to file any cancellation request properly and with enough time to ensure that it may be processed prior to the subsequent rebilling period. Receipts for subscriptions and confirmations of cancellation will be sent to you via email. It is your sole responsibility to provide a correct email address upon registering for the service in order to obtain such receipts and confirmations.
    6. You agree to pay or have paid all fees and charges incurred in connection with your membership with the Service (including any applicable taxes) at the rates in effect when the charges were incurred. All fees and charges are nonrefundable, except as described at the bottom of this agreement or where Mate1 gives notice to the contrary. We may change the fees and charges in effect for using the Service, or add new fees or charges, by posting new fees and charges on the site from time to time. You also are responsible for any fees or charges incurred to access the Services through an Internet access provider or other third party service, including but not limited to telephone charges. YOU, AND NOT WE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY AMOUNTS BILLED TO YOUR CREDIT CARD BY A THIRD PARTY, WHICH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU.
    7. You may cancel your subscription for a refund, without any penalty or obligation under two specific conditions, as outlined below:
      1. Within 3 days after the date that you subscribe for a three day trial or reactivation (by clicking "Submit Order" or "I Authorize Transaction" or "Submit Details"); or
      2. Within 3 days after each time your credit card is billed for auto-renewal of your subscription with any subscription plan.
      In order to cancel your subscription under this 3-Day Cancellation With Refund Policy you must mail or deliver a signed original letter stating your FULL NAME, your Mate1.com Nickname, the billing address used for your subscription, your email address, and your desire to cancel and apply for a refund. This notification must be postmarked and/or delivered no more than 72 hours after the initial date of the subscription, reactivation or rebill for which you wish to claim a refund. This right to refund does NOT include charges from previous billing periods. Under this policy, you are entitled to only one refund. Any requests for a refund on a subsequent subscription will be refused. Please note that members who continue to use the paid features of the site after the 3-day period following the subscription, reactivation or rebill in question are not entitled to a refund under this policy.
      If you are a Utah resident, you can also fax your request to (514) 393-1231.
      This request must be sent to:
      3-Day Cancellation Department
      Mate1.com Inc
      334 Cornelia St, #354
      Plattsburgh, NY 12901
      United States

      THE FOLLOWING REFUND REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED:

      1. REQUESTS MISSING YOUR FULL NAME, MATE1.COM NICKNAME, OR BILLING ADDRESS,
      2. REQUESTS SENT BY EMAIL, OR
      3. REQUESTS SENT BY FAX IF YOU ARE NOT A UTAH RESIDENT
      4. REQUESTS SENT AFTER THE FIRST 3 DAYS OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OR RENEWAL OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.

  5. Taxes, Subscription Requirements and Usage Restrictions
    As a Canadian company located in the Province of Quebec Mate1.com Inc is obliged by Canadian Tax Law to charge a Canadian Sales Tax (hereafter called GST) on subscription sales to Canadian residents as well as on subscription sales to non-residents who access Mate1.com in Canada. The Province of Quebec requires Mate1.com Inc. to charge a PST tax on subscription sales to Quebec residents. Therefore, both Canadian residents and non-residents must agree to the following limitations on their rights as subscribers.
    1. If you are a subscriber who is NOT A CANADIAN RESIDENT and have purchased your subscription to Mate1.com from anywhere outside of Canada and have given a non-Canadian address as your place of residence and have given a non-Canadian billing address for the credit card used to buy your subscription to Mate1.com or have used a check drawn on a bank account located outside of Canada to pay for said subscription, you are prohibited from accessing Mate1.com while you are in Canada and you agree never to do so.
    2. If you are a CANADIAN RESIDENT you are subject, to the best of our understanding, to GST and, depending on your place of residence within Canada, HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) or PST taxes on the cost of your subscription to Mate1.com. As a Quebec-based company Mate1.com Inc. will charge the GST tax on its subscription sales to all CANADIAN RESIDENTS and will charge both the GST and PST taxes on it's subscription sales to QUEBEC RESIDENTS ONLY.
    3. If you are a CANADIAN RESIDENT FOR TAX PURPOSES RESIDING OUTSIDE OF CANADA, you must agree to use only your Canadian address on your Mate1.com profile. You are prohibited from using a non-Canadian billing address for the credit card used to buy your subscription to Mate1.com and are prohibited from using a check drawn on a bank account located outside of Canada to pay for said subscription. It will be the policy of Mate1.com Inc. to charge GST taxes on it's subscription sales to all CANADIAN RESIDENTS FOR TAX PURPOSES regardless of their current place of residence.
    4. It will be the policy of Mate1.com to use technical means to block any subscriber who is NOT A CANADIAN RESIDENT from accessing Mate1.com from any IP address known to originate in Canada.
    By becoming a subscriber you accept the TERMS AND CONDITIONS of Mate1.com and it thereby becomes your obligation to strictly comply with all the above requirements and usage restrictions. In the event that you fail to do so, you acknowledge that Mate1.com will be entitled and authorized to do the following:
    1. immediately terminate your subscription without further notification and without any compensation;
    2. debit your credit card or bank account for all applicable tax arrears.
  6. License To Use your Information.
    With the exception of personal financial and billing information, You hereby grant to the Company the perpetual, unlimited, royalty-free, world wide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, transferable license to run, display, copy, reproduce, publish, bundle, distribute, market, create derivative works of, adapt, translate, transmit, arrange, modify, sub-license, export, merge, transfer, loan, rent, lease, assign, share, outsource, host, make available to any person or otherwise use, any information or other content You provide on or through this web site or which is sent to the Company by e-mail or other correspondence, for any purpose whatsoever. The Company shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any such information unless specifically agreed by the Company in writing or required by law. The Company shall not be obliged to delete any such information from the web site. Should you choose the option listed on the web site as "Remove my profile" ("Remove"), your profile will be removed from public view, but will not be deleted from the web site. Once You have selected the "Remove" option, parts of your profile may remain viewable by those members who have contacted You or been contacted by You via the Service's internal email or instant messaging systems. You represent and warrant that You have the right to grant the license set out above.
  7. Personal Information.
    The Company may from time to time, but is not obligated to, monitor your use of the web site to insure conformity to the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement, or to collect, store, use and disclose to our partner web sites, personal information about You, with the exception of any financial and billing information. You hereby consent to such monitoring, collection, storage, use and disclosure.
    YOU MAY ACCESS AND EDIT YOUR OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED BY COMPANY ON THE " MY PROFILE " AND " MY ACCOUNT " PAGES ON THE WEB SITE THROUGH WHICH YOU REGISTERED.
  8. Online Ambassadors
    Mate1.com Inc. will, from time to time, hire individuals with Mate1 profiles, who shall be called "Online Ambassadors", to greet and otherwise communicate with all classes of Mate1.com members via email and/or instant messenger and to help safeguard against abuse of the Terms of Service of the web site by reporting wrongdoing to site administrators. The mission of the "Online Ambassador" is to interact with said Members, at their sole discretion, with a view to welcoming said Members and encouraging their active participation on the web site. The Online Ambassadors will work to familiarize new Members with the various communication features of Mate1.com by answering and following up on correspondence initiated by Mate1.com on their behalf. The Online Ambassadors will, in the same way, encourage both old and new members to add photos and voice recordings to their profiles and otherwise complete and enhance the written parts of their profiles in order to increase their visibility and appeal to other members. The Online Ambassadors will have the OA logo (Online Ambassador) or an Online Ambassador tag prominently displayed on their profiles in the Mate1.com web site, and these letters will comprise an html link to the Terms and Conditions containing the present explanation of the meaning of said letters. Former Online Ambassadors will have the Former OA logo (Former Online Ambassador) or the words Former Online Ambassador prominently displayed on their profiles. Former OAs are people who were once Online Ambassadors but are not currently. These letters (OA, Online Ambassador, Former OA, and Former Online Ambassador) will comprise an HTML link to the FAQ containing the present explanation of the meaning of said letters. The Online Ambassadors and Former Online Ambassadors are not responsible for explicitly notifying Members with whom they correspond of their status as Online Ambassadors. As is the case with all Mate1.com members, Mate1.com Inc. is not responsible for verifying the content of the Online Ambassadors' profiles or auditing the content of their email or instant messages. All messages, including Online Ambassador messages, may be deleted automatically after 60 days.
    THE ONLINE AMBASSADORS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF MATE1.COM OR OF MATE1.COM INC.; THEY CANNOT USE THIS WEB SITE TO SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING, TO MAKE ANY PROMISES OR REPRESENTATIONS OR TO TAKE ANY ENGAGEMENTS WHATSOEVER IN THE NAME OF MATE1.COM OR MATE1.COM INC. ANY INAPPROPRIATE OR SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR BY AN ONLINE AMBASSADOR SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MATE 1.
  9. Background Checks and Safety.
    SPECIAL DISCLOSURE TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY: IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW JERSEY INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT WE MUST INFORM YOU THAT MATE1.COM DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENING ON ITS MEMBERS.
    You agree that you are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members, both on and off the web site. Mate1.com Inc. does not conduct background checks on its members. Mate1.com may from time to time offer access to background checks and other security features from third party companies (hereafter "Third Party Vendors"). When you submit to a background check from a Third Party Vendor, you are subject to their Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, over which Mate1.com has no control. Mate1.com does not make any guarantees, either express or implied, regarding ultimate compatibility or safety with individuals you meet through or in connections with your use of the Service. The background check certifications provided by Third Party Vendors are the result of data collection and verification using public sources and databases. Mate1.com does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information relied on or represented or communicated by Third Party Vendors, nor (ii) adopt, endorse nor accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information or certification from Third Party Vendors. Under no circumstance will Mate1.com 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 Service, including but not limited to bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting from communications or meetings with other members of this Service. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other members of the Service (particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person). You agree to review Mate1.com's Dating Safety and Fraud recommendations prior to using the Service.
  10. Limitations on Liability and Disclaimers.
    ALTHOUGH THIS WEB SITE USES ENCRYPTION SECURITY, THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION AND THAT WE LIMIT THE ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO EMPLOYEES WHO WE BELIEVE NEED TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU OR TO DO THEIR JOBS, AND TO OUR PARTNER SITES, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TRANSACTIONS ON THIS WEB SITE OR ON THE INTERNET WILL BE MAINTAINED CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURE. THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THE COMPANY ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY PERTAINING TO THE CONTENT, YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE RECEIPT, STORAGE, TRANSMISSION OR OTHER USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

    This web site and its Content are not to be construed as a form of promotion or an offer to sell any product or service. This web site may contain links to other sites. The Company does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information, data, opinions, advice, or statements contained at such sites, and when You access such sites, You are doing so at your own risk. In providing links to the other sites, the Company is in no way acting as a publisher or disseminator of the material contained on those other sites and does not seek to monitor or control such sites. A link to another site should not be construed to mean that the Company is affiliated or associated with same. THE COMPANY DOES NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE ANY OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY HYPER-LINKS TO OR CONTENT FOUND, ON OTHER WEB SITES. The mention of another party or its product or service on this web site should not be construed as an endorsement of that party or its product or service. We suggest that You review the terms and conditions and privacy statement of any third party web site prior to use of them.

    The Company will not be responsible for any damages You or any third-party may suffer as a result of the transmission, storage or receipt of confidential or proprietary information that You make or that You expressly or implicitly authorize the Company to make, or for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted, stored or received information.

    The Service may not be free from, and Mate1.com does not warrant that any of its services shall be free from, computer viruses, worms or other malicious or harmful code; Mate1.com shall not be liable for the introduction of any such code or any harm resulting from the introduction of such code into Your computing systems.

    While Mate1.com makes every effort to ensure its users comply with the terms of service and code of conduct, you may see profiles or other content which You feel were created by third parties, contrary to the obligations in Mate1.com's terms and conditions, guidelines and code of conduct, for purposes other than dating, including spam and commercial profiles.

    THE CONTENT MAY NOT BE ACCURATE, UP TO DATE, COMPLETE OR UNTAMPERED, AND IS NOT TO BE RELIED UPON.

    THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR ANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR SERVICE, USE OR COURSE OF ACTION. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETRIEVAL AND USE OF THE CONTENT. YOU SHOULD APPLY YOUR OWN JUDGMENT IN MAKING ANY USE OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE USE OF THE INFORMATION AS THE BASIS FOR ANY CONCLUSIONS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THIS WEB SITE AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ON THIS WEB SITE OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES OR CONDITIONS, OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES AS TO UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OPERATION, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, LEGALITY, SUITABILITY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THOSE ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

    IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, AGGRAVATED, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, EVEN IF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS LAWFUL AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIM.

    IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS OR EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR LOSSES RESULTING FROM: VIRUSES, DATA CORRUPTION, FAILED MESSAGES, TRANSMISSION ERRORS OR PROBLEMS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS; LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES; THE INTERNET BACKBONE; PERSONAL INJURY; THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES; DAMAGES OR LOSSES CAUSED BY YOU, OR YOUR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS; LOSS OF USE OR LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES INCLUDING COMPUTER RESOURCES, ROUTERS AND STORED DATA; THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT; ANY OTHER WEB SITE ACCESSED TO OR FROM THIS WEB SITE; OR EVENTS BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF THE COMPANY, EVEN IF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS LAWFUL AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIM.

    IN NO CASE WILL THE COMPANY'S, ITS AFFILIATES', AGENTS', LICENSORS', SUPPLIERS', AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS' AND EMPLOYEES' CUMULATIVE TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING UNDER ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHERWISE) BE FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE, IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE.

    THE COMPANY ASSUMES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE. THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY FIND INACCURATE, UNDESIRABLE OR OBJECTIONABLE. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE OR REPRODUCTION OF ANY PORTION OF THE WEB SITE. ACCESSING THE CONTENT FROM TERRITORIES WHERE IT MAY BE ILLEGAL IS PROHIBITED.
  11. Termination.
    This Agreement is effective until terminated by the Company, with or without cause, in the Company's sole and unfettered discretion. The Company may terminate this Agreement without notice to You if You fail to comply with any of its terms. Moreover, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity, or that may otherwise affect the enjoyment of this web site or the Internet by others may be grounds for termination of your access to all or part of this web site at our sole discretion, and You may be referred to appropriate law enforcement agencies. Any such termination by the Company shall be in addition to and without prejudice to such rights and remedies as may be available to the Company, including injunction and other equitable remedies.

    The disclaimers, limitations on liability, ownership, termination, interpretation, your warranty and the indemnity provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.
  12. Indemnity.
    You agree at all times to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its agents, suppliers, affiliates and their respective directors and employees against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, damages, demands, liabilities and expenses whatsoever (including legal and other fees and disbursements) sustained, incurred or paid by the Company directly or indirectly in respect of:
    1. any information or other content You provide on or through this web site or which is sent to the Company by e-mail or other correspondence; or
    2. your use or misuse of the Content or this web site, including without limitation infringement claims.
  13. Copyright Violations Policy
    Mate1.com respects the intellectual property rights of others and the Company prohibits users from posting, distributing, or reproducing in any way copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on Mate1.com in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information:
    1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
    2. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
    3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Mate1.com site;
    4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
    5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
    6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright property owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
    Mate1.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:

    Mail: Copyright Agent
    Mate1.com Inc
    4200 Saint-Laurent Blvd
    Suite 550
    Montreal, Quebec H2W 2R2
    Canada

    Fax: 514-393-1231 Attn: Copyright Agent
    Email: copyright@mate1inc.com

    It is the policy of Mate1inc.com to limit access to the site and/or terminate the Membership privileges of any Member who infringes the copyrights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
  14. Governing Law.
    The Company, this web site and the Content (excluding linked web sites or content) are physically located within the Province of Quebec, Canada. We agree that this Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law. You further agree that the Quebec Superior Court and/or the Court of Quebec, in the District of Montreal, shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any and all disputes arising from or relating to this Agreement, and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. We further agree that the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods as amended, replaced or re-enacted from time to time shall not be applicable to this Agreement. We acknowledge and confirm that we have agreed that this present Agreement and all documents related thereto be drafted only in the English language. Les parties aux présentes ont convenues que le présent document ainsi que tous les documents qui s'y rattachent soient rédigés en la langue anglaise seulement.
  15. Interpretation.
    The division of this Agreement into sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement, words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa, words importing gender include all genders; and words importing persons include individuals, sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations, trusts and unincorporated associations. All references to money amounts in this Agreement and on the web site, unless otherwise specified, are in United States dollars.
  16. Entire Agreement.
    These Terms and Conditions and any and all legal notices on this web site constitute the entire agreement between You and the Company with respect to the use of this web site and the Content. No supplement, modification or amendment to this Agreement and no waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding on the Company unless executed by the Company in writing. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.
  17. Severability.
    Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability and shall otherwise be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, all without affecting the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
  18. Enurement.
    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of Us and our respective successors and permitted assigns. You acknowledge having read this Agreement before accepting it, having the authority to accept this Agreement and having received a copy of this Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT WAS LAST UPDATED ON APRIL 13, 2009