GivenRight.com
provides a fee based search service to you (unless otherwise indicated),
and its subsidiaries and affiliates that utilize these Terms of Service
("GivenRight.com"). Givenright.com includes all websites,
print publications or electronic publications owned, produced or operated
by Givenright.com including all information, content, products and
services provided through those websites and publications. All individuals
who use Givenright.com agree to the following “Terms of Service”.
All protection provided to Givenright.com is also provided to the sponsors,
advertisers, affiliates, officers, employees, owners, volunteers, moderators,
and board of director members of Givenright.com.
Although portions of Givenright.com may be viewed simply by visiting the web
site, in order to access the message boards and/or receive additional services
from Givenright.com you need to sign on as a guest or register as a member
of Givenright.com. If you sign on to Givenright.com as a guest, these Terms
of Service will govern your use of Givenright.com, including access to message
boards and other features. If you register as a member of Givenright.com, these
Terms of Service will govern your use of Givenright.com, including access to
message boards, chat rooms, the e-mail account and personal website that may
be provided to you in connection with Givenright.com and other features. BY
SIGNING ON TO GIVENRIGHT.COM AS A GUEST AND/OR COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS AND SELECTING THE "LOG IN" OPTION, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AS SUCH TERMS MAY BE MODIFIED
FROM TIME TO TIME. These Terms of Service, together with any applicable additional
Terms of Service posted in connection with a particular service, product digital
product, event or course govern your use of Givenright.com and all services,
products, digital products events and courses provided in connection with Givenright.com,
including but not limited to any course, service, product, digital product,
events or personal website provided to you by Givenright.com. Givenright.com
shall not be liable to you for any breach of these Terms of Service. If you
do not agree to these Terms of Service, please do not register for or enter
Givenright.com. The Terms of Service for your continued use of Givenright.com
will be available throughout Givenright.com. Please check these areas before
using Givenright.com to determine whether a change has been made to these Terms
of Service. If you do not agree to these changes in the Terms of Service as
they may occur, please arrange to terminate your registration with Givenright.com
immediately by (i) notifying Givenright.com of your unwillingness to accept
the changes to the Terms of Service; and (ii) discontinuing your use of Givenright.com.
Your continued use of Givenright.com will signify your acceptance of any change
in the terms and conditions set forth herein. Unauthorized access,
distribution, reproduction, copying, retransmission, publication, sale, exploitation
(commercial or otherwise), or any other form of transfer of any portion of
Givenright.com, including but not limited to all content, services, digital
products, courses, events, tools or products is hereby expressly prohibited.
From time to time Givenright.com may supplement these Terms of Service with
additional terms pertaining to specific content, services, products, digital
products, courses or events ("Additional Terms"), which Additional
Terms may be placed on Givenright.com to be viewed in connection with the specific
content, services, products, digital products, courses or events and shall
be identified as such. You understand and agree that such Additional Terms
are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Service.
Since the beginning of Givenright.com, we have "adopted" the policy
of providing current and accurate information relating to adoption, parenting,
pregnancy, infertility, children, and other related issues. The information
provided at Givenright.com is intended to serve as an educational supplement
to your knowledge base and is in no way to be considered medical, legal or
other advice. The content of this site is completely subjective and not meant
to replace the role of your qualified physician, adoption professional, or
other qualified professional.
MEDICAL RESOURCES
The information provided through Givenright.com should not be used for diagnosing
or treating a health problem or a disease, for it is not a substitute for professional
care from your own physician. If you think or do have a health problem, you
should consult your physician or health care provider, and not depend on the
information presented in this system, since individual variability exists.
Therefore, Givenright.com is not liable for any mistreatment or from the use
of this system.
GIVENRIGHT.COM REUNION REGISTRY
Givenright.com cannot guarantee that information placed in Givenright.com Reunion
Registry or Givenright.com will remain confidential, and Givenright.com assumes
no liability for damages resulting from this information being discovered or
misused. By submitting your data or searching the reunion registry, you represent
that doing so is not in violation of any laws, and that you AND the person
you are searching for are over 18 years of age, or the legal ages in the relevant
jurisdictions.
CONTENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Any content that you choose to put publicly on Givenright.com websites will
probably be available through Internet search engines, and email addresses
that you post can be gathered by spammers. Do not post your email address on
Givenright.com or other public location unless you are comfortable receiving
increased amounts of spam.
GIVENRIGHT.COM E-MAIL SERVICES
Givenright.com does not guarantee the security of its e-mail services. Givenright.com
recommends that you do not send an e-mail that you would not want to be public
knowledge. Users of Givenright.com e-mail services agree not to use Givenright.com
e-mail accounts to "spam." Spamming is defined as sending unsolicited
e-mail to others. Givenright.com reserves the right to terminate your Givenright.com
e-mail account if Givenright.com learns that you have provided Givenright.com
with false or misleading registration information. Givenright.com reserves
the right to terminate your Givenright.com e-mail account at any time for any
reason. Givenright.com assumes no responsibility for the deletion of or failure
to store e-mail messages.
GivenRight.COM CHAT AND FORUMS
Because of the free access to GivenRight.com chat rooms (including but not
limited to givenright.com) and message boards (including but not limited to
givenright.com), Givenright.com cannot regulate the content of either of these
services, and is not liable for any damages that result from messages thereon
or reliance upon the messages.
Personal
attacks on individuals or agencies will not be tolerated. Givenright.com
chat rooms and message boards are intended to be a positive, safe place
for everyone.
Offensive
language is not permitted.
GivenRight.com
chat rooms and message boards are NOT places for adoptive parents and
adoption professionals to solicit birthparents. So many people visit
Givenright.com that birthmothers get "pounced on" from dozens
of different people if this rule is not strictly observed. Givenright.com
is committed to making GivenRight.com chat rooms and message boards
places where birthparents feel safe. It is not appropriate for adoption
professionals or hopeful parents to post "I can help" messages
or Internet addresses for birthmothers to visit or to send this type
of e-mail to birthmothers.
GivenRight.com
reserves the right to delete any message or board without warning or
explanation.
Advertising
is not permitted in Givenright.com chat rooms and message boards. There
are other resources available for advertising purposes on GivenRight.com
websites. For more information, contact givenright@msn.com.
Monitors
will be regularly checking these boards for inappropriate messages
and material. Those containing such will be deleted without warning
or explanation. 8. Report violations of these rules to givenright@msn.com.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Givenright.com websites (including, but not limited to givenright.com) provides
many links to other web sites as a public service to you and it is impossible
for us to constantly monitor what is on each of the sites we link to. Givenright.com
is not liable for any damages that result from following any of the links provided
at Givenright.com.
ERROR
Because of computer and human error, givenright.com cannot guarantee the accuracy
of any statistics or other information that is presented through the site and
therefore is not liable for any resulting damages.
SERVER OR WEB SITE FAILURE
Givenright.com works hard to keep the web site online and functioning properly.
However, there are many elements relating to routers, servers, files, programming
and other errors that are beyond our control. givenright.com assumes no liability
for damages resulting from failures of the site, server, files, or programming,
or damages resulting from "hackers" or "viruses", hardware
failure, or other website downtime or data loss.
ADVICE
Givenright.com deals with a large volume of visitors, e-mail inquiries and
telephone callers and provides answers to many questions as a community service.
Because of the large volume of questions, many of these answers are generic
in nature and may or may not apply to your specific situation or geographic
area. By asking a question of Givenright.com, you agree that any counsel given
by e-mail, telephone, or through the website is non-authoritative, and that
you will not rely upon this information, and that you will consult with a qualified
professional before making any decisions. You agree that Givenright.com assumes
no liability from answering these questions, or posting this information.
CONTACT US
If you discover someone who is not abiding by these rules, you agree that you
will immediately contact us by e-mail at givenright@msn.com,
or call 1-253-839-3666.
MODIFICATIONS
GivenRight.com may modify these Terms of Service from time to time in its sole
discretion. Each time you log on to Givenright.com, you will be deemed to have
accepted any such changes. From time to time Givenright.com may modify these
Terms of Service ("Modifications") or supplement these Terms of Service
with additional terms pertaining to specific content or events, ("Additional
Terms"), which Modifications or Additional Terms may be placed on GivenRight.com
websites or be viewed in connection with the specific content or events and
shall be identified as such. You understand and agree that such Modifications
or Additional Terms are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of
Service. GivenRight.com may modify or discontinue Givenright.com with or without
notice to you and without liability to you or any third party.
TERMINATION
GivenRight.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion, too immediately,
without notice to suspend or terminate (i) these Terms of Service; (ii) your
registration with or ability to access GivenRight.com and/or any other service
provided to you by GivenRight.com including any e-mail account upon any breach
by you of the Terms of Service.
CONTENT OF MESSAGES
You alone are responsible for the content of your messages, and the consequences
of any such messages. Givenright.com reserves the right to terminate your registration
if it becomes aware and determines, in its sole discretion, that you are violating
any of the guidelines.
Any use by you of any other subscriber's information, personal or otherwise,
for any commercial purpose or to obtain direct financial gain (e.g. mass marketing)
is prohibited. Any such use shall be deemed to be a violation of these Terms
of Service. GivenRight.com is to be used by you for your personal use only.
Commercial uses of Givenright.com are strictly prohibited unless prior written
consent from GivenRight.com has been granted. You agree that you will not use
Givenright.com for chain letters, junk mail, 'spamming,' solicitations (commercial
or non-commercial) or bulk communications of any kind including but not limited
to distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to
be included in such a list.
You further agree not to use Givenright.com to send or post on message boards
or any place on GivenRight.com, any message or material that is unlawful, harassing,
libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, profane,
sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, inaccurate, or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind or nature or that encourages conduct that
could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise
violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation,
or encourage the use of controlled substances. GivenRight.com reserves the
right to delete any such material from Givenright.com. GivenRight.com can cooperate
fully with any law enforcement officials and/or agencies in the investigation
of any person or persons who violate the Terms of Service.
You agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or
fictitious, including impersonating an employee or consultant of Givenright.com.
You further agree not to use an inappropriate member name of any kind.
You agree not to post or use Givenright.com to distribute or send any illegal
material of any kind, including but not limited to, illegal material in the
form of text, graphics, video, programs or audio. Posting content or participating
in any form of discussion with the intention to commit any illegal activity
is strictly prohibited.
You acknowledge that (i) Givenright.com permits access to content that is protected
by copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual and proprietary rights ("Rights");
(ii) these Rights are valid and protected in all media and technologies existing
now or later developed; and (iii) except as explicitly provided otherwise,
the Terms of Service and applicable copyright, trademark and other laws govern
your use of such content. You may not post to Givenright.com, copy, reproduce,
retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or otherwise transfer
any material subject to any Rights. The burden of determining that any information,
software, images or any other content on Givenright.com is not protected by
Rights rests with you. You acknowledge that Givenright.com may acquire Rights
to use any posted materials as described below, and that you will not acquire
any of those Rights by downloading such materials.
By submitting content, which shall include your member name, to any "public
area" of Givenright.com, including message boards, forums, contests and
chat rooms, you grant Givenright.com and its affiliates a royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content
(in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in
any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term
of any Rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder
of any Rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively
waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right
to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber to access,
display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to
the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on Givenright.com retains any
and all Rights that may exist in such content.
ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, BY SUBMITTING CONTENT
TO ANY CONTESTS ON GIVENRIGHT.COM, YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY PERMIT GIVENRIGHT.COM
TO IDENTIFY YOU AS THE CONTRIBUTOR OF SUCH CONTENT TO THE CONTEST IN ANY PUBLICATION
IN ANY FORM, MEDIA OR TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR LATER DEVELOPED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE CONTENT, UNLESS YOU OTHERWISE NOTIFY GIVENRIGHT.COM IN WRITING AT
THE TIME YOU SUBMIT THE CONTENT THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
You may order services or merchandise through GIVENRIGHT.com from other persons
not affiliated with Givenright.com ("Seller"). All matters concerning
the merchandise and services desired from Seller, including but not limited
to purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guarantees, maintenance and delivery,
are solely between you and Seller. Givenright.com makes no warranties or representations
whatsoever with regard to any goods or services provided by Sellers. You will
not consider Givenright.com nor will Givenright.com be construed as a party
to such transactions, whether or not Givenright.com may have received some
form of revenue or other remuneration in connection with the transaction or
be liable for any costs or damages arising out of, either directly or indirectly,
you or any other person involved or related to the transaction.
Givenright.com may include special routing icons (or links) which may be located
within Givenright.com, the activation of which will allow you to access and
learn more about Givenright.com and other services provided by Givenright.com
or its affiliates whereby the use of such icons is free of additional charge
to you. WHEN YOU ACCESS ANY OF THESE SERVICES, YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE AGREEMENTS AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE USE OF THESE
SERVICES.
REGISTRATION AND PASSWORD
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Information
and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether
or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify Givenright.com of
any unauthorized use of your registration or password.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF GIVENRIGHT.COM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. GIVENRIGHT.COM
IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. GIVENRIGHT.COM
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
GIVENRIGHT.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT GIVENRIGHT.COM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
OR THAT GIVENRIGHT.COM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE;
NOR DOES GIVENRIGHT.COM MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF GIVENRIGHT.COM. GIVENRIGHT.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORSEEABLE OR NOT, WHICH MAY RESULT
FROM THE UNAVAILABILITY OR MALFUNCTION OF GIVENRIGHT.COM.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF GIVENRIGHT.COM IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT GIVENRIGHT.COM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY
OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION IN OR PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH GIVENRIGHT.COM.
GIVENRIGHT.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR FOR THE RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER GIVENRIGHT.COM NOR ITS MEMBERS, WHILE SUCH MEMBERS
ARE PARTICIPATING IN GIVENRIGHT.COM, ARE ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, MEDICAL,
COUNSELING OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE. GIVENRIGHT.COM ENCOURAGES
YOU TO SEEK APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OR CARE FOR ANY SITUATION OR PROBLEM
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE.
GIVENRIGHT.COM SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED, OR ALLEGED
TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE INFORMATION OR IDEAS CONTAINED,
SUGGESTED OR REFERENCED IN THIS SERVICE AREA. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN GIVENRIGHT.COM
IS SOLELY AT THE YOUR OWN RISK. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GIVENRIGHT.COM OR THROUGH GIVENRIGHT.COM SHALL CREATE
ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
GIVENRIGHT.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED THROUGH GIVENRIGHT.COM OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH
GIVENRIGHT.COM.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
GIVENRIGHT.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE GIVENRIGHT.COM
OR FOR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING
FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS
ENTERED INTO THROUGH GIVENRIGHT.COM OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE, EVEN IF GIVENRIGHT.COM
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY PAYMENT MADE TO PAYPAL
WILL NOT BE REFUND ALL TRANSACTION ARE FINAL.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold each of GIVENRIGHT.com, their parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of
your use of GIVENRIGHT.com, the violation of these Terms of Service by you,
or the infringement by you, or any other subscriber of your account, of any
intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
APPLICABLE AND GOVERNING LAW
You agree that this Agreement and any disputes hereunder shall be governed
in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Washington, United States of America, excluding its conflict of laws rules.
REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF THESE TERMS BY YOU
By using our service you understand that we have the right to discontinue your
search at any time if we feel that we can not find your party. We have no-find
no-fee available by contract only, otherwise your fees are set forth whether
we find your party or not. You are responsible for paying your fees at the
time of service. Fees my vary according to your search compared to other searches.
The exact search fees will be given to you at the time of service. There are
NO REFUNDS unless we feel that to do so.
MISCELLANEOUS
In the event that any provision of the Terms of Service conflicts with the
law under which the Terms of Service are to be construed or if any such provisions
are held invalid by a court with jurisdiction over the parties to the Terms
of Service, such provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly
as possible the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable
law, and the remainder of these Terms of Service will remain in full force
and effect.
The failure of either party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by
the other party of any provision of the Terms of Service or to exercise any
right under the Terms of Service will not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment
to any extent of such party's right to assert or rely upon any such provision
or right in that or any other instance, rather, the same will be and remain
in full force and effect.
Givenright.com may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms of Service
and upon such assignment Givenright.com may be relieved of any further obligation
hereunder.
If
the birth family or the adoptee does not want their information given
out we respect their privacy "it not to be revealed" we will
respect the right of the birth family or adoptee. It will be left up
to the birth family and adoptee.
Givenright.com may modify these Terms of Service from time to time in its sole
discretion. Each time you log on to Givenright.com, you will be deemed to have
accepted any such changes. In the event we modify these Terms of Service, we
reserve the right (at Givenright.com's discretion) to provide you notice of
such changes to any e-mail address you have provided to Givenright.com, or
post office address you have provided to Givenright.com.
Givenright.com may modify or discontinue givenright.com, or any portion thereof
or any services, digital products, products, events or courses related thereto,
with or without notice to you and without liability to you or any third party,
except as otherwise provided herein.
Gightright.com reserves the right to offer third party services and products
to you based on the preferences that you identify during the registration process
and based on your subsequent preferences.
These Terms of Service and any Additional Terms (as such terms shall be identified
when posted on Givenright.com by GivenRight.com) constitute the entire understanding
between the parties as to subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings. Any legally unenforceable provision of these Terms of Service
will, at the election of Givenright.com, be deleted or modified to correct
the defect and, regardless, the remainder of the terms of these Terms of Service
will remain valid and enforceable.
CONCLUSION
Neither GivenRight.com, its affiliates, its sponsors, nor any other contributors
take responsibility for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to
any information, recommendations, advice, treatment, computer, networking,
site error, human error, procedure, release of information, links to other
sites, action or application of medicine or law by any person using Givenright.com
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