Terms of Service

vibeCircle.com and its affiliates, successors, parents, subsidiaries, assigns, licensees, and designees (collectively and individually "vibeCircle.com") encourages and promotes the vibeCircle.com website (the "Service") as an environment that fosters interaction and participation among its members ("Members"). Members should thus feel free to express themselves. However, Members should keep comments and contributions within the community values of the Service and must comply with applicable laws and these terms of service (the "Terms of Service").

The Service is provided by vibeCircle.com to you ("you" or "Member"), subject to the Terms of Service, and other terms and conditions that may be published by vibeCircle.com from time to time on the Service. vibeCircle.com may change, suspend or discontinue the Service, at any time without prior notice to its Members. vibeCircle.com may also impose limits on certain features or services contained in the Service without prior notice.

MEMBERS WHO VIOLATE THE TERMS OF SERVICE MAY PERMANENTLY BE BANNED FROM USING THE SERVICE AND IN CERTAIN CASES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LEGAL ACTION.

Please read the Terms of Service carefully. By using the Service, you agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service outlined in this document and as they may be changed by vibeCircle.com from time to time. It is your obligation to read the Terms of Service and comply with them. If you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service, please do not use the Service. vibeCircle.com reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of the Terms of Service at any time, in its sole discretion. If you continue to use the Service after vibeCircle.com has posted changes to the Terms of Service, it means you have accepted those changed terms.

Conduct and Content

Software files, text, sounds or other information (collectively, "Content") transmitted, posted, linked or uploaded on or through the Service by Members may not be abusive, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, in violation of applicable laws, or otherwise offensive to other Members, and must comply with vibeCircle.com's Terms of Service.

By transmitting, posting, linking or uploading Content to any part of the Service, you represent and warrant that neither your content nor any parts thereof infringe upon the copyright or any other statutory or common-law intellectual property rights (including without limitation trademark, service mark, and trade name rights), proprietary rights (including without limitation trade secrets), or rights of privacy or publicity of any third party.

You hereby grant to vibeCircle.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual fully paid-up license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, transmit and display such Content (in whole or part) 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 acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to distribute your Content, the Service is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and vibeCircle.com is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any Content or activities of its Members. vibeCircle.com cannot prevent Members from placing prohibited content on the Service. Furthermore, vibeCircle.com may elect at its sole discretion to monitor some, all, or no areas of the Service for adherence to these Terms of Service or other terms and conditions that may be published by vibeCircle.com from time to time. Upon notification of inappropriate material, vibeCircle.com reserves the right, but not the responsibility to remove the Content from the Service. vibeCircle.com further reserves the right to stop a member from accessing the Service upon receipt of complaints about the member's contributions and participation on the Service.

You must evaluate, and bear the risk associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content posted by you to the Service. vibeCircle.com does pre-screen Content as a matter of policy, but vibeCircle.com reserves the right, but has no responsibility to you, to monitor and/or remove Content which is deemed in vibeCircle.com's sole discretion harmful, offensive, inaccurate or otherwise in violation of the Terms of Service or any rules or policies which vibeCircle.com has in place at the time.

Copyright Regulations

Everything you see or read on this Service is owned by us or used with permission. You may not copy, use, or retransmit anything for the Service without our express written permission. Furthermore, you are not allowed to post or distribute any material you do not own or which you do not have permission to use. Violation of this policy may result in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights violation and subject you to civil or criminal penalties.

Therefore, by using this Service you agree that you will not: (i) submit-to or use in connection with the Service any material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant vibeCircle.com all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage vibeCircle.com or any third party; (iii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate; (iv) post advertisements or other forms of solicitations of business or affiliate links; (v) impersonate another person. vibeCircle.com does not endorse any submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed in a submission to the Service, and vibeCircle.com expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with such submissions. vibeCircle.com does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Service, and vibeCircle.com will remove all Content and submissions by users if properly notified that such Content or user's submission infringes on another's intellectual property rights. vibeCircle.com reserves the right to remove Content and any submission by a user without prior notice.  vibeCircle.com also reserves the right to decide whether Content or any submission by a user is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for violations other than copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property law, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. vibeCircle.com may remove such submissions and/or terminate a user's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

vibeCircle.com respects the intellectual property of others, and as a user of the Service we ask you to do the same. You are not permitted to upload, post or otherwise distribute on the Service Content that you do not wholly own. This includes any audio or video files that contain Content made by others. By way of example only, this includes using others. music, including parts of songs, that you post or on videos you upload. Even if you use only a part of a song, change the lyrics, post only the original lyrics, or even play your own version of someone else.s music, it is not permitted under these Terms of Service and, again, could subject you to civil or criminal penalties. This is the same for any music video or other video that does not belong to you. Please note: none of this is or should be considered legal advice -- it is just our way of helping you to identify what you should do or not do on vibeCircle.com and how to respect the rights of others in general.

Limitation of Liability

To the full extent permissible under the applicable law, vibeCircle.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use the Service.

In no event shall vibeCircle.com have any liability for any incidental, consequential, or indirect damages (including, but not limited to, damages relating to loss of business, profits, goodwill, data, programs or information, and the like) arising out of the use of or inability to use the Service or any information, advice, or websites is void where prohibited by law. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will continue to maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and, (d) your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age. If you under 18 years of age, you must review these Terms of Service with your parent or guardian before using the Service.

The Service contains links to third-party World Wide Web sites and other resources. vibeCircle.com assumes no responsibility for the availability or content of these outside sites and resources. Therefore, any concerns a member may have regarding any other site should be directed to the relevant site administrator or Webmaster.

The information, advice, facts, opinions or other content appearing on the Service posted by Members or third parties are those of the respective authors and do not reflect the views of vibeCircle.com. vibeCircle.com assumes no responsibility or liability for these materials.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Everything on the Service is provided to you "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE." vibeCircle.com does not make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever (including, without limitation, warranties of title or non-infringement or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to the Service, any products, merchandise, information or services provided through or advertised on the Service, or the accuracy or results obtained from the use of any products, merchandise, or information or services provided through or advertised on the Service. vibeCircle.com does not guarantee or warrant that any files available for downloading through the Service will be free of infection by viruses or other code that may contain contaminating or destructive properties.

Links to Third Party Sites

Any third-party sites to which the Service may link are not under vibeCircle.com's control, and vibeCircle.com does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information, content, communications or materials available on such third-party sites. Absent express language to the contrary, vibeCircle.com does not intend links contained on the Service to be referrals to, or endorsements of, the linked third-party sites or the entities that operate them, and such links are provided for convenience only.

Privacy

Information Collection

Whether you enroll online or are just a visitor, we are very careful with what we do with your information. Collection of information is usually grouped into two categories: personally identifiable information (PII), which is information identifiable to a specific member, and aggregate information, which is general demographic information that does not identify any individual member. vibeCircle.com may use or disclose aggregate information for any purpose.

vibeCircle.com collects personally identifiable information (PII) from our users at several different points on our Web site. PII includes your name, email address, or other address (like the school you attend(ed)), or any other information that tells another person who you are. This information may be used for the purpose of other members, that you know, who may want to locate you on the site, only with your permission.

Registration

In order to use certain services of this Web site, you must first complete the registration form and create a user name and password. During registration you are required to provide contact information (such as name and valid email address). We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

You must submit certain demographic information (e.g. gender, date of birth) to us; some demographic information is optional. We encourage you to submit optional information so we can provide you a more personalized experience on our site:

• vibeCircle.com may also use your profile to generate aggregate reports and market research.
• Members can modify registration data associated with their account, and can control selected private information from being disclosed on their personal page.
• Online communications are retained and are only accessible by the designated recipients, except that vibeCircle.com personnel involved in maintenance of the system may have access to them.

vibeCircle.com is the sole owner of the information collected on vibeCircle.com.

How we use our members' personal information

Our policy regarding this information is simple: vibeCircle.com may use personally identifiable information to deliver more relevant marketing offers to you through email or on our site. You can sign up or unsubscribe from offers that use your personally identifiable information at any time.

We may share your personal information with other third parties for purposes of providing you with more targeted offers and promotions, unless you have opted out of receiving third-party offers. Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to receive these types of communications and offers. Please see the "Choice and Opt-out" section.

Surveys or Contests

From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).

We may use a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests; those companies are prohibited from using our users' personally identifiable information for any other purpose. We will not share any personally identifiable information that you provide to us without your express permission, which you can change or update on your account settings.

Tell A Friend

If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. vibeCircle.com stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.

Your friend may email us to request that we remove this information from our database at: unsubscribe@vibeCircle.com, or visit the help section on www.vibeCircle.com.

Account Alerts

If you wish to subscribe to our account alerts(s), we will use your name and email address to send alerts to you. Account alerts notify you of changes to your accounts, such as receipt of new notes, payment confirmations. Out of respect for your privacy, we provide you a way to unsubscribe. Please see the "Choice and Opt-out" section.

Service-related Announcements

We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account.

Profile

We store information that we collect through cookies, log files. We tie your personally identifiable information, and your purchasing history, to information in the profile, in order to provide tailored promotions and marketing offers and to tailor the content of the site to you.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

One last thing to keep in mind: Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on forums, through email, or in chat areas, that information can be collected and used by others. If you post personal information in public places, others may send you unsolicited email messages. Always be smart about the information you provide online.

Always be smart about the information you provide online.

Your Member profile is password-protected so that you and only you have access to this information. In order to maintain this protection, do not give your password to anyone. Also, we recommend that, if you share your computer with other people, you sign out of your Account and close your browser window when you are done. Signing off will protect your information if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library.

We make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Legal Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Customer Service

Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by vibeCircle.com. Please be aware that we, vibeCircle.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.

Access to Personally Identifiable Information

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page.

Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at admin@vibeCircle.com.

Business Transitions

In the event vibeCircle.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Contact Us

admin@vibeCircle.com

Age Restriction

This Service is not directed to children under the age of 14. Use of, and Membership in the Service is void where prohibited by law. By using this Service, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will continue to maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and, (d) your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age. If you under 18 years of age, you must review these Terms of Service with your parent or guardian before using the Service.

Note to Parents: If you have any concerns about the Service or any website of Community Connect Inc. or its related services, or if you wish to find out if your child is a member of one of our services, or if you wish to cancel your child's membership, please contact Member Services at Member Services.

Fees

You are responsible for paying any applicable taxes and for all hardware, software, service and other costs you may incur in connection with the Service, including costs incurred in connecting to the Service via the Internet. vibeCircle.com reserves the right, at any time, to charge fees for access to the Service, and will notify you of any such fees by posting information regarding such fees on the Service.

On-line Behavior / or Community Rules

You are entirely responsible and liable for all of your activities on vibeCircle.com. Listed below are some, but not all, violations that may result in termination of your access to vibeCircle.com. By using vibeCircle.com, you agree NOT to do any of the following:

Pornography, obscenities, and defamatory postings are not allowed anywhere on vibeCircle.com. Postings of this kind will be removed immediately, and a violation will be issued to the Member responsible for the posting (several violations will result in the termination of your account). If you see any pornographic, obscene or defamatory postings, please Alert Us immediately.

Postings which violate the intellectual property rights of third parties are not allowed anywhere on vibeCircle.com. Postings of this kind of which we become aware will be removed immediately, and a violation will be issued to the Member responsible for the posting (several violations will result in the termination of your account). If you see any content which you believe infringes upon the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, publicity right or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any third party, please alert us immediately by following the process set forth above in the Copyright Regulations section.

In the Forums area, please try to keep your postings relevant to the discussion. Postings that are irrelevant to Forum discussions, or that are designed to promote personal pages, voting polls, or third parties may be removed. If you see postings that contain foul language or that are intended to harass other Members, please Alert Us immediately.

Intentional disruption of the flow of content or discussion by repeatedly posting the same message or image or posting excessively large images is not permitted. Members who cause disruption of this kind will be issued a violation that can result in the termination of their account. If you see another Member disrupting a chat room or forum discussion, please Alert Us immediately.

Harassment of another vibeCircle.com member via Email, Page Comments, or postings is not permitted. Harassment means: saying bad things about them; sending them unwanted messages; attacking their race, heritage, etc. Unsolicited "spam" messages are also not permitted unless expressly authorized by the recipient. While we encourage you to introduce yourself to other Members, please respect their wishes if they do not want you to send them mail. If you feel that another Member is harassing you, please Alert Us by filling out a member violation report.

We can, whenever we want, edit or delete any content displayed, uploaded to, distributed, or otherwise published through the Service.

We reserve the right to remove content at any time, including any content that violates these standards. We are not responsible for any objectionable material posted by Members that you may encounter while using the Service.

Online Safety

vibeCircle.com is committed to providing a safe environment for our members to express themselves and meet new people in the community.

To ensure safe and positive experiences for all users, we have written guidelines for our members to follow. The guidelines and tips are for parents, teens and daters.

Tips for Parents

Members must be 14 years or older to join our site. If your teenager has just recently started using the internet we encourage you to talk to them about their online experience. You can use these guidelines to start the conversation with your teenager. Please review the Terms of Service with your teenager to ensure that you both understand the rules to which our members (and by extension, you as the parent of a teen under 18 years of age) are subject.

Not everyone on the site should be trusted.

Community based internet sites are just like neighborhoods except that they are online - make sure your teens take caution in interacting with and adding members to their friends list. Suggest they talk to you if they want to meet an online friend in person, and if you think it's safe, make sure that any planned meeting occurs in public with friends or a trusted adult present.

Make sure your child does not lie about his or her age.

In real life would you probably wouldn't let your child lie about his or her age to get into a club. Don't let them lie about their age online! Members must be 14 years or older to join the site. We have an age restriction because there are certain areas of the site that may not be appropriate for those less than 14 years old. If your teens lie about their age they may be exposed to mature and potentially inappropriate content.

Talk to your teens about the dangers of giving personal information to strangers.

Although we are a community based site and we make every effort to remove inappropriate members your teens should understand the dangers of giving out personal information to strangers. This is a free site that anyone can access and personal info should not be given to strangers. Don't let your teens give personal information to strangers online!

Talk to your teens about what to do if they are bullied or harassed by another member.

No one has a right to bully or harass another member. Talk to your teens about what to do if someone harasses them or sends them unwanted emails. Your teens should know that harassing messages can be stopped by blocking the member or reporting them for abuse. To report a member for harassment please click on the Report Abuse link on the member's personal page.

We developed the guidelines stated above to help you understand that situations that happen in the real world can also happen in online. Go online, surf the internet, learn the lingo your teens are using. This will allow you to have a continuous, open dialogue with them about who they are meeting and who they are talking to in the real world and online. This will help your teens stay safe in the real world and online.

For more information about internet safety please visit the following sites:

http://www.wiredsafety.org
http://www.safefamilies.org

Tips for Teens

Our site is a fun and cool place for you to meet new people and express yourself. Before you get started we recommend that you read the following guidelines that are designed to help you have fun and be safe while on our site.

Think before you submit!

This is a pubic environment and anyone will be able to see what you add to your personal page. Do you want your friends, your teachers, your parents or potential employers to see what you have written and uploaded? Think about this before you add anything.

People can be mean!

There are some people who join the site just so they can instigate and annoy other members. Don't fall into the trap of responding back with negativity. Click on the Report Abuse link next to the member.s name to report the violation and we will investigate the situation.

Don't use provocative name.

Other members may get the wrong idea about who you are and what your intentions are. Additionally, accounts with inappropriate names violate our Terms of Services and will be shut down.

If it seems too good to be true it probably is.

Some people make stuff up and there are a few people who join the site in an attempt to make a quick buck. Protect yourself from scams. Don't give other members money, credit card information or any other financial information.

Be Honest!

We ask your age for a reason - to protect you from mature and potentially inappropriate content. Lying about your age violates our Terms of Service and will result in your account being terminated.

Bullies are not Tolerated!

This is a community based site and we encourage members to freely express themselves. Don't harass or bully another member if you disagree with them in a chat room or a forum post.

No one, including us, likes to be bullied. If you act like one, we will shut your page down immediately. If you feel there is content on our site that violates one of our Terms of Service, click on the Report Abuse link and our member services team will investigate and take appropriate action.

Don't mimic negative behavior

We are a community based site and this is your opportunity to show the world who you are and what you care about. Don't disrespect yourself or others by uploading inappropriate photos and/or text.

Pages that have inappropriate posts and comments violate our Terms of Service and are shut down almost as quickly as they are set up.

Still have questions or suggestions about online safety? To learn more about Internet safety please visit the following sites:

http://www.wiredsafety.org
http://www.teenangels.org
http://www.safefamilies.org

Tips for Daters

Although most of our members are serious about dating and committing to serious relationships, there may be some people who join the site for other reasons. We put together this guide to give you tips on how to protect yourself so that your online dating experience can be enjoyable and safe.

Use Common Sense.

Meeting members online for the first time is just like meeting a stranger in a club or bar. Think about what you would do or tell someone about yourself when you first meet them. Use the same guidelines and the same common sense when you first meet someone on the internet.

Do not use a Provocative Screen Name.

Other members may get the wrong idea about who you are and what your intentions are. Additionally, accounts with inappropriate names violate our Terms of Services and will be shut down.

Be Cautious When Giving Out Personal Contact Information.

Be cautious about how much information you share when you meet someone new. Why not start by sending a note, an IM or an email from a third-party email address such as Yahoo or Hotmail? This will allow you to take time to get to know the person and will help you determine if they are trustworthy.

Trust your instinct. 

Although we have great and wonderful members you should be wary of those who may be making up grand stories to trick you into believing they are someone they are not.

Nudity and Pornography is Prohibited on This Site.

Posting nudity, even if it is in the form of artistic expression, may be misinterpreted by others. Members may get the wrong idea about who you are and what your intentions are. Additionally, accounts with inappropriate photos will be shut down immediately.

To learn more about Internet safety please visit:

http://www.wiredsafety.org
http://www.safefamilies.org

All these guidelines are put in place to remind you to use your common sense when using the internet. Remember you are in CONTROL!

Here are some other ways you can protect yourself online:

If someone is sending you unwanted notes, you can prevent them from sending you notes by clicking on the 'Block this member' button on the note or on the member's personal page.

When uploading photos in the photos section you can choose to keep them private or to only allow those on your friends list to view your photos.

If you see inappropriate content, bad photos or other violations of our Terms of Service report it to member services. There are links to Report Abuse in every section where there is member to member contact or where members can post content or photos. Our dedicated member services team is here to help you and to ensure that this remains a community based site.

Have questions about internet safety or suggestions for other members?

Questions? Concerns.