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Legal & Privacy Information

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE

The SwapDrive Service ("Service"), owned and operated by SwapDrive, Inc., ("SwapDrive, Inc."), is provided to you ("User") under the terms and conditions of this SwapDrive, Inc. Terms of Service (STS) and any operating rules or policies that may be published by SwapDrive, Inc. The STS comprises the entire agreement between User and SwapDrive, Inc. and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CHECKING THE "AGREEMENT" CHECKBOX, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE STS.

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
SwapDrive, Inc. is providing User with a capability to send and receive files via the World Wide Web and on SwapDrive, Inc.'s own system. User must: (1) provide all equipment, including a computer and modem, necessary to establish a connection to the World Wide Web; (2)provide for own access to the World Wide Web and pay any telephone service fees associated with such access. In consideration for this Service, User agrees to: (1) provide certain current, complete, and accurate information about User as prompted to do so by the Service and (2) maintain and update this information as required to keep it current, complete and accurate. All information requested on original sign up shall be referred to as registration data ("Registration Data"). Furthermore, User grants SwapDrive, Inc. the right to disclose to third parties certain Registration Data about User and Service Membership in the aggregate; however, such disclosures will exclude User's name, email address, and account, unless: (1) User expressly directs SwapDrive, Inc., or any other person User may specifically designate to disclose such information through the Service as provided by the Service or (2) SwapDrive, Inc. is required to disclose such information by any applicable law or legal process served on SwapDrive, Inc.. If any information provided by User is inaccurate, SwapDrive, Inc. retains the right to terminate User's Membership and rights to use the Service.

3. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE
SwapDrive, Inc. may change the terms and conditions of the STS from time to time. Upon any change in the terms and conditions of the STS, SwapDrive, Inc. will notify you by posting the changes in the "Legal and Privacy Information" area of the site. User's continued use of the Service constitutes an affirmative: (1) acknowledgment by User of the STS and its modifications; and (2) agreement by User to abide and be bound by the STS and its modifications.

4. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
SwapDrive, Inc. reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service with or without notice to User. SwapDrive, Inc. shall not be liable to User or any third party should SwapDrive, Inc. exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service.

5. PRIVACY POLICY
It is SwapDrive, Inc.'s policy to respect the privacy of its Users. Therefore, in addition to the privacy of registration data as discussed in Section 2 above, SwapDrive, Inc. will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a User's private data unless required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on SwapDrive, Inc.; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of SwapDrive, Inc.; or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of its Users or the public. User acknowledges and agrees that SwapDrive, Inc. neither endorses the contents of any User communications nor assumes responsibility for any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or offensive material contained therein, any infringement of third party intellectual property rights arising there from or any crime facilitated thereby. User acknowledges and agrees that certain technical processing of content may be required to: (1) send and receive messages; (2) conform to connecting networks' technical requirements; (3) conform to the limitations of the Service; or (4) conform to other similar requirements.

6. User ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
Once you become a User of the Service, you shall receive a password and an account. You are entirely responsible if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under your account. You may change your password at any time by following instructions. User agrees to immediately notify SwapDrive, Inc. of any unauthorized use of User's account or any other breach of security known to User.

7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
User EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT USER'S SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SWAPDRIVE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SWAPDRIVE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES SWAPDRIVE MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO USER'S COMPUTER \ SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA. SWAPDRIVE MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY USER FROM SWAPDRIVE OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SWAPDRIVE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR FOR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASE OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE, EVEN IF SWAPDRIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9. NO RESALE OR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE SERVICE
User's right to use the Service is personal to User. User agrees not to resell or make any commercial use of the Service, without the express consent of SwapDrive, Inc..

10. DATA STORAGE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS
SwapDrive, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store data. SwapDrive, Inc. retains the right, at SwapDrive, Inc.'s sole discretion, to determine whether or not User's conduct is consistent with the letter and spirit of the STS and may terminate Service if a User's conduct is found to be inconsistent with the STS.

11. USER CONDUCT
User is solely responsible for the contents of his or her transmissions through the Service. User's use of the Service is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. User agrees: (1) to comply with US law regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States through the Service; (2) not to use the Service for illegal purposes; (3) not to interfere or disrupt networks connected to the Service; and (4) to comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of networks connected to the Service. The Service makes use of the Internet to send and receive certain messages; therefore, User's conduct is subject to Internet regulations, policies and procedures. User agrees not to transmit through the Service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. User further agrees not to transmit any material 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. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems are prohibited. User shall not interfere with another User's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services. SwapDrive, Inc. may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate Service should User's conduct fail to conform with these terms and conditions of the STS.

12. INDEMNIFICATION
User agrees to indemnify and hold SwapDrive, Inc., its 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 User's use of the Service, content provided by the User, the violation of this STS by User, or the infringement by User, or other user of the Service using User's computer, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

13. TERMINATION
Either User or SwapDrive, Inc. may terminate the Service with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. Termination shall be accompanied by a written notice to the other party. SwapDrive, Inc. shall not be liable to User or any third party for termination of Service. Should User object to any terms and conditions of the STS or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Service in any way, User's only recourse is to immediately: (1) discontinue use of the Service; (2) terminate Service Membership; and (3) notify SwapDrive, Inc. of termination. Upon termination of the Service, User's right to use the Service and Software immediately ceases. User shall have no right and SwapDrive, Inc. will have no obligation thereafter to forward any unread or unsent messages to User or any third party.

14. NOTICE
All notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made either via email or conventional mail. SwapDrive, Inc. may broadcast notices or messages through the Service to inform User of changes to the STS, the Service, or other matters of importance; such broadcasts shall constitute notice to User.

15. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF ADVERTISERS
User may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of the Advertisers showing their products on the Service. Any such correspondence or promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such correspondence or promotions, are solely between the corresponding User and the Advertiser. SwapDrive, Inc. assumes no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such correspondence or promotion.

16. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT

User acknowledges that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics or other material contained in either sponsor advertisements or email-distributed, commercially produced information presented to User by the Service ("Content") by SwapDrive, Inc. or SwapDrive, Inc.'s Advertisers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws; therefore, User is only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by the Service or the Advertiser. User may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without expressly being authorized to do so by the Service or the Advertiser.

17. LAWS
The STS shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, excluding its conflict of law provisions. User and SwapDrive, Inc. agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the District of Columbia. If any provision(s) of the STS is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, 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. SwapDrive, Inc.'s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the STS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by SwapDrive, Inc. in writing. User and SwapDrive, Inc. agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to this Service must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred. The section titles in the STS are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.