18 Under 18

Privacy Policy

February 26th, 2009 Comments Off

Terms and Conditions

By using the 18 Under 18 site, a product of JVibe.com, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions below. We may change these terms and conditions at any time, so check back often. When using the site, you are accepting the current terms and conditions we have posted. If you have any questions or feedback, please email us at info@JVibe.com or write us at:

Collection of Your Personal Information

We will not collect personal information (email address, first and last name, street address, phone number and other information that can identify a visitor personally) from children under 13 unless it is necessary to allow the child to participate in a specific activity that the child has requested, like entering a contest, voting in a poll, receiving our free monthly e-letter or participating in an online discussion board. We only ask for as much information as is necessary to answer the child’s request, contact a contest winner or post a child’s message on our discussion boards.

If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding Our Site’s collection of information, please contact us at info@jvibe.com.

Other Information About You

Besides personal information, we may collect anonymous information about visitors to Our Site, such as their Internet service provider (like AOL or ATT.net), the type of browsers they use (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), the type of computer system they use (like Windows or Macintosh) and what pages they visit. The anonymous information we collect will never be identified with or lead us back to any of our visitors.

We collect this anonymous information by using “cookies,” which is an application that allows Our Site to be customized to the preferences of the user by placing a small file on the hard drive of the user’s computer that tracks the user’s navigation and stores information. Most Internet browsers will let you disable cookies, but if you do so, you may not be able to benefit from some of the ways we customize Our Site for our users.

We also collect IP addresses from our visitors, which is a number assigned to each user by a Web server. This information is collected for the sole purpose of analyzing how visitors use Our Site so we can continue to improve the quality of Our Sites and respond to the needs of our visitors. We do not use IP addresses to gain further information regarding our visitors.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

We are committed to protecting your privacy, so we do not share personally identifying information with anyone besides JFL, companies that help us to send newsletters and other materials and services we may offer, and companies that perform services to maintain Our Site (such as providing hosting services or website maintenance). We may also need to disclose your information to third parties if required by law or to enforce this Privacy Policy and User Agreement.

We may share information about IP addresses in the aggregate with third-party vendors with whom we do business in order to provide the best possible user experience.

Security

We strive to keep information we may collect from you in a secure manner and safeguard it from unauthorized access. Despite our best efforts, no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Therefore, you provide us with your information at your own risk.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. These websites are governed by their own privacy policies, so be sure to read those privacy policies when you visit the sites.

We have no control over these other sites or their content. Except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by Our Site, we do not in any way review, operate or control any material, information, products or services on other sites. Because we are not responsible for the availability of these outside resources or their content, you should direct any concerns regarding any other sites to the administrator or webmaster of that site.

The JVibe.com Discussion Boards and Blogs

Our Site includes discussion boards and blogs on different topics, where you can express your views and read and respond to the views of other visitors. Messages posted on our discussion boards represent the views of visitors and not those of JFL.

When you disclose information about yourself in our public discussion areas, that information can be used by others. You may get unsolicited messages from other parties in return. We can’t control this; you post at your own risk. Furthermore, we cannot ensure the security of information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Information you disclose to us becomes the property of JVibe.

When you post a message to the discussion boards, remember that your message is not private or confidential. You shouldn’t use the discussion boards or any other section of Our Site to send links to other websites, chain letters or any other junk mail. You shouldn’t impersonate any other person or entity while using Our Site. You shouldn’t upload any information, files, code or other materials that contain viruses or are able to disrupt or damage Our Sites, software, hardware or equipment. We will delete or refuse to post any message that we believe breaks these rules or is harmful to us or anyone else.

Everything you see or read on this site is owned by JVibe or used with permission. You may not copy, use, re-transmit or re-purpose anything from Our Site without our written permission. Violation of this policy may result in copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights violation and subject you to civil or criminal penalties.

All material on Our Site is protected by United States and international copyright law. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained on Our Site. You may not copy, distribute, enter into a database, display, perform, create derivative works of, transmit or otherwise use any materials from Our Site except that you may download machine-readable or print paper copies of materials for non-commercial and personal or educational purposes only.

Links

You may link to the home page of Our Site as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. Please let us know if you link to Our Site by contacting us at advertising@jvibe.com.

Appropriate Online Conduct and Content

Anytime you upload to, distribute content, or publish through us, you grant us the right to edit, copy, remove, distribute, re-purpose and publish such content in any form and medium. You shall retain, however, whatever other rights you have in pre-owned elements of such content. All areas on the JVibe service are public and not private communications. We reserve the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the service received from a user, including, without limitation, bulletin board postings. This website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We do not control such websites, and are not responsible for their contents. Just because we have hyperlinks to such websites does not mean we endorse the content on such websites or have any association with these sites.

Disclaimers

OUR SITES ARE AVAILABLE “AS IS.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, WE DENY ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION, GOODS OR SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY STATEMENT OR INFORMATION DISPLAYED, DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH OUR SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN OUR SITES. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITES AND ANY MATERIALS OR GOODS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITES, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR SITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

Limitation of Liability

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN OUR SITE, INCLUDING CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION IN THESE TERMS OF USE.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, ITS SERVICES OR THIS USER AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. Some states do not allow the limitation of liability for these kinds of damages, so these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate access to Our Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice, for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of these provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement shall survive such termination.

Severability

If any provision of this User Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.