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You are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern your relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website
These terms of use govern your use and access to the content, resources, and tools for communication, public forums, commerce platforms, and other services, which may be available from time to time (“the Site and the Service“) on livecities.news (“the Site“). You (“The User“) agree to access the Site and the Site and the Services, subject to the terms of use as mentioned herein.
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You, also comprehends and concur that ‘the Site and the Service’ may include advertisements and sponsorships, and that these are necessary for.livecities.news to provide ‘the Service’.
You also comprehend and agree that livecities.news makes no submission about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, products, services and related graphics contained within “The Site and the Service” for any purpose.
The Site and the Service is provided and available to your access “as is” without warranty of any kind..livecities.news hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to “The Site and the Service”.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE: The Site and the Service is provided to you under this terms and conditions and any amendments thereto and any operating rules or policies that may be published from time to time by.livecities.news as part of the terms of use. The livecities.news terms of use comprises the entire agreement between the User and livecities.news and supersedes any prior agreements pertaining to the subject matter contained herein.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE: .livecities.news reserves the sole right to change or modify any of the terms, conditions, and notices under which “The Site and the Service” are offered. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions including changes/modifications if any incorporated by us from time to time. Your continued use of ‘The Site and the Service’ constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.
MODIFICATION TO ‘THE SERVICE’: .livecities.news reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, ‘The Service’ (or any part of ‘The Service’) with or without notice to the user at any time and from time to time. ‘The User’ agrees that.livecities.news shall not be liable to the User or any third-party for any modification or discontinuance of the Service.
USER CONDUCT: “The Site and the Service” may include e-mail services, message boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (collectively, “Tools for Communication”). You agree to use the Tools for Communication only to post, send and receive messages and material that are not unlawful, harassing, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortuous, improper or otherwise objectionable, or that infringes or may infringe the intellectual property or other rights of another and, when applicable, related to the particular tool for Communication. You also hereby agree that you shall not make use of The Site and the Service for any commercial purpose.
Registration Obligations: As a condition of your use of Tools for Communications you, ‘The User’ agree to provide:
(a) true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as required by the Site and the Service’s registration form (such data being the “Registration Information “)
(b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Information to keep it accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,.livecities.news has the right to terminate the user account and refuse any and all current or future use of ‘The Site and the Service’.
(c).livecities.news has the right to use / disclose the aggregate registration information to third parties in connection with marketing of services. You have also consented livecities.news the right to use your registration information to provide targeting of advertising and other service offers. This could be also be used to customise the content you see, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services and to contact / intimate you about special offers or new products.
Usage Obligations: As a condition of your use of “The Site and the Service” you will not use “The Site and the Service” for any illegal purposes. You will be solely responsible for the contents of transmissions made by you through “The Site and the Service”.
We may serve advertisements to this site or work with a third party to serve the advertisements. Advertisements placed on the site may include but are not limited to banner ads, paid links, pop-up windows, buttons, and sponsorships. You agree that.livecities.news has the right to run such advertisements and promotions.
Privacy protection is our number one priority..livecities.news uses the patent-pending “dual blind” privacy protection technology which allows.livecities.news to customize ads for User’s browser without ever knowing User’s name, address, social security number, telephone number or any other personally identifiable information. It’s completely anonymous. And.livecities.news does not store any data that is considered sensitive or controversial (specific medical and financial information, adult content, sexual preference, etc.)
Livecities.news has some of the most privacy-safe technologies and policies on the Internet. We can deliver targeted advertising to your browser — offers and opportunities of interest to you — without ever knowing your identity. But we believe the most important privacy safeguard is consumer choice. If you don’t want to be part of our advertising services, we give you the power to “opt-out” at any time.
Livecities.news and/or third parties may, from time to time, send email messages to Users containing advertisements, special promotions, and other marketing materials (“Email Marketing Programs”) based on the agreed terms between.livecities.news and its selected partner(s)..livecities.news also offers Users permission-based email services.
Users must decide to “opt-in” to our email services during the registration process or through a link on the.livecities.news site before they receive any email services, newsletters, special promotions or other marketing materials (“Opt-In Email Programs”)..livecities.news has the right to partner with any email marketers to provide these Email Marketing Programs or Opt-In Email Programs.
You agree not to use “The Site and the Service” to:
(a) Obstruct or hinder the use and enjoyment of “The Site and the Service” by other Users;
(b) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations; including, but not limited to, any rules of any national, international or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the Bombay Stock Exchange, or the National Stock Exchange, and any regulations having the force of law;
(c) Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(d) Interfere with or disrupt the Site and the Service or servers or networks connected to the Site and the Service, or defy any requirements, regulations or guidelines of networks connected to “The Site and the Service”;
(e) Transmit or otherwise make available any material in connection with surveys, chain letters, junk email, spamming, contests, pyramid schemes, or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);
(f) Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, damaging, intimidating, harassing, defamatory, improper, obscene, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, caste related, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
(g) Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content protected by any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual proprietary laws unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same;
(h) Upload files that contain viruses, worms, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs designed to disrupt, damage or limit the operation of any computer or telecommunications equipment or property of another;
(i) “Stalk” or otherwise harass other users; collect or store personal data about other users.
(j) Advertise, Promote or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose unless The Site and the Service specifically allows such messages or transactions.
(k) Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion, use or access of the Site and the Service.
(l) harm minors in any way;
(m) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Site and the Services or develop restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to from another accessible page);
(n) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
(o) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Site and the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
(p) promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons, and creating “Crush” sites.
Livecities.news has no obligation to observe and monitor The Site and the Service. However,.livecities.news reserves the right to review materials posted and to remove any material/s. livecities.news reserves the right to block all mails from mailing lists and groups whose content is legally categorized as explicit, obscene, illegal, adult and pornographic in nature. livecities.news also reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of The Site and the Services, at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
Livecities.news reserves the right at all times to divulge any information as it considers necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part. These would be more applicable to the publicly accessible areas of The Site and the Service that are intended to be available to the general public. For example, publicly accessible areas of The Site and the Service would include Message Boards, Chat that are open to both registered users and visitors.
Technical Processing: In view of the global nature of the world wide web, the User understands and agrees that technical processing of tools of communication is (and may be) required to send and receive messages, to correspond / conform to the technical requirements of connecting networks, to correspond / conform to the limitations of The Site and the Service, or to correspond / conform to other, similar technical requirements
User Account, Password and Security: As part of The Site and the Service’s registration process you will provide us with current, complete and accurate information as requested by the registration form. You will then choose a user name and password. You take total responsibility for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. You may change your password by following the instructions on the system.
You are also entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify.livecities.news immediately of any unlawful / unauthorised use of your account or any other security violation. You agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
You understand that.livecities.news will not be liable for any loss or damage in any form incurred as a result of unauthorised usage of your account, with or without your knowledge.
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You acknowledge that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, images, video, graphics or other material contained in either sponsor advertisements, or Internet-distributed, commercially produced information presented to User by the Services (“Content”) by.livecities.news and its affiliates, advertisers and partners, or other.livecities.news users may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws; therefore, you are only permitted to use this protected Content as expressly authorized by the owner of the Content (“Owner”), the Services or the Advertiser. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without expressly being authorized to do so by the Owner, the Services or the Advertiser.
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STORAGE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS: .livecities.news assumes no responsibility for the deletion, delivery or timely delivery of email messages and failure to store messages, other communications, content or material maintained, posted, uploaded, submitted or transmitted by use of the service..livecities.news retains the right to set and modify the upper limit on the size of the message (sent or received) on any account and storage space it will maintain for the user.
Livecities.news also reserves the right to limit the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the service over a given period of time. You acknowledge that.livecities.news reserves the right to log off / disable accounts that are inactive for a period of three months. You further acknowledge that.livecities.news reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
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The user comprehends and agrees that any termination of service under this agreement under any provision of this agreement may be effected by either party, without cause at any time, immediately upon written notice to the other party, and acknowledges and agrees that.livecities.news may immediately delete all files (email included) in the user’s account and bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that.livecities.news shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Should User object to any terms and conditions of the TOS or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Services in any way, User’s only recourse is to immediately:
(1) Discontinue use of the Services;
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SEVERABILITY: any provision(s) of the TOS is/are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect.
WAIVER: Any waiver (express or implied) by either party of any breach of this TOS shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No provision of the TOS will be waived by any act, omission or knowledge of a party or its agents or employees except by an instrument in writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party.
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Causing e-mail, which does not meet these criteria to be sent through our servers, is a breach of our Terms of Service, and may result in your account being terminated, and legal action for misuse of our trademark and copyright.
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