Terms Of Use

Agreement Between User And APSense.com

This is a legal agreement between you and APSense.com. ("APSense.com") with respect to your access and use of the APSense.com Service, which may also include APSense.com content and related documentation and information (collectively, the "Service"). You must accept without modification all of the terms, conditions, and notices contained in these Terms of Use in order to access and/or use the Service (collectively, the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement"). If you do not accept these Terms of Use in their entirety, you may not access or use the Service.

Portions of the Service may be governed by posted guidelines, rules, or other terms and conditions. All such guidelines, rules, terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. In the event of a conflict between such other guidelines, rules, terms and conditions and these Terms of Use, the Terms of Use shall control, except that the APSense.com Service Privacy Policy, referenced below, supersedes any conflicting language in these Terms of Use and/or any other guidelines, rules, terms and conditions published in connection with the Service with respect to the subject matter covered by such privacy policy.

Modification Of These Terms Of Use

APSense.com may change the Terms of Use at any time and such changes shall be effective immediately. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Service affirms your agreement to the Terms of Use and any changes.

APSense.com is not obligated to provide updates or improvements to the Service. However, if APSense.com, in its sole discretion, updates or improves the Service, these Terms of Use shall apply to such updates and improvements unless expressly noted otherwise.

No Unlawful Or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of the Service, you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of it. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, computer systems or networks associated with the Service or to otherwise interfere with or disrupt any accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Service. You may not use access to the Service to obtain information necessary for you to design, develop or update unauthorized software that you use or provide to others to use to access the Service. You may not charge others to use the Service either directly or indirectly without the express written agreement of APSense.com.

Subject to these Terms of Use, you may use the Service within your commercial organization, but you may not use the Service to advertise or offer to buy or sell any goods or services, or to run a business or commercial entity without the express written agreement of APSense.com.

You agree to use the Service only to send, receive, and transfer appropriate messages and material. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Service, you will not:

  • Sexually Explicit Material: We don't allow content that contains nudity, graphic sex acts, or sexually explicit material.
  • Use the Service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative, bulk or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
  • Publish, transfer, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
  • Transfer, stream, or otherwise make available, files or other material that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same.
  • Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which is made available through the Service in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
  • Transfer, stream or otherwise make available, files or other material that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
  • Download any file or other material transferred by another user of the Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
  • Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Service or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is transferred.
  • Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable to the Service.
  • Use any portion of the Service to harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
APSense.com reserves the right at all times to monitor communications on the Service and disclose any information APSense.com deems necessary to (i) ensure your compliance with this Agreement; (ii) satisfy any applicable law, regulation or legal process; or (iii) protect the rights, property, and interests of APSense.com, its employees or the public. APSense.com also reserves the right to edit, refuse to transfer or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in APSense.com's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in the Service. APSense.com does not control or endorse the content, messages or information exchanged by means of the Service and, therefore, APSense.com specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Service and any actions resulting from your participation in the Service.

You are responsible for all activities that occur in your Service account. You agree to notify APSense.com immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or breach in security known to you related to the Service.

Terms Of Use For Service-Enabled Properties

For the terms and conditions governing your use of any APSense.com or authorized third party Web site or service that enables you to use the Service other than the Service itself ("Service-Enabled Properties"), please refer to the applicable Terms of Use for such Service-Enabled Properties.

Software And Content Available On The Service

All APSense.com content and software (if any) that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the Service ("Software") is owned by and is the copyrighted work of APSense.com and/or its suppliers and is licensed, not sold. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement").

Your license to use the Software with the Service terminates when you terminate your use of the Service. Your license to use the Software with the Service may also terminate if APSense.com, in its sole discretion, modifies the Service to no longer support such Software.

No Warranties; Liability Disclaimer; Exclusive Remedy

APSense.com is not responsible for any transactions that occur between community members. Any arrangements, agreements, or transactions made between members are solely the responsibility of the parties involved. APSense.com does not guarantee, endorse, or assume liability for any transactions between community members. APSense.com PROVIDES THE SERVICE AND THE SOFTWARE "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. APSense.com, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS RESELLERS, DISTRIBUTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND/OR SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "APSense.com PARTIES") MAKE NO WARRANTIES. THE APSense.com PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (1) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, ACCURACY, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NO ENCUMBRANCES, NO LIENS AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, (2) WARRANTIES ARISING THROUGH COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND (3) WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE OF THIS AGREEMENT. APSense.com MAY CHANGE THE SERVICE OR THE FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AND AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE APSense.com PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APSense.com OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold APSense.com, its 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 the Services, the violation of these Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of the Services using your computer or identity, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

Customer Support

APSense.com may, but is not required to, provide you with customer support ("Support"). Unless you have entered into a separate written support agreement with APSense.com with respect to the Service, APSense.com may terminate any Support it provides at any time in its sole discretion. Authorized third-party software that uses the Service is not supported by APSense.com and you should contact the provider of such software for support, if any.

Termination/Access Restriction

Unless you, or a third party on your behalf, have entered into a separate written agreement with APSense.com that modifies these Terms of Use, APSense.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to and use of the Service or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. Also, unless you or a third party on your behalf have entered into a separate agreement with APSense.com, APSense.com may terminate or suspend your access to the Service for inactivity, which is defined as failing to log onto the Service for an extended period of time, as determined by APSense.com.

Additionally, APSense.com reserves the right to close any account that has not been logged into for more than 2 years. In such cases, all data associated with the account and any remaining balance will be permanently erased. If you wish to close your account, please follow these steps:
  • Log in to your APSense account.
  • Click here to contact us.
  • Select the option "Close Account" to send us the closure request.
Please note that once an account is closed, all related data will be permanently removed and this action cannot be undone.

Electronic Notices

You consent to APSense.com providing you any information regarding the Service in electronic form. APSense.com may provide such information to you via e-mail at the e-mail address you specified when you registered for the Service or by access to a APSense.com web site. As long as you access and use the Service, you will have the necessary software and hardware to receive such notices. If you do not consent to receive any notices electronically, you must discontinue your use of the Service.

Spam Policy

Spamming and abuse will no longer be tolerated. There are consequences to spamming and abusing the site. For those who may think that you can get away with it, this shows that you will not. The best thing is not to spam or abuse the site. When you do so, you risk being terminated. For those members who are actively reporting spam and abuse, we are listening and we are taking your reports seriously. Your efforts are having a positive effect. Fighting spam on any site takes the combined efforts of its members and the admins. APSense is committed to providing its members with a site that is truly dedicated to business networking and not spam abuse.

Additional Penalties for Confirmed Abuse

  • For each confirmed abuse report, a fine of 500 credits will be deducted from the offender's account.
  • Multiple confirmed abuse reports may result in account termination.
  • In the event of account termination due to multiple abuse violations, all data related to the account will be permanently lost.
APSense reserves the right to take these actions to maintain the integrity of our platform and ensure a positive experience for all users. We encourage all members to use the platform responsibly and report any instances of spam or abuse they encounter.