TERMS
OF USE OF BELLSOUTH WEB SITE(S)
- DESCRIPTION
OF OUR SITE
Welcome to BellSouth. We provide users with access to a collection of on-line
resources, which may include general and personalized content, communication
tools, online directories, administrative services, purchasing services,
download areas, games and information (all of which, together with this and
other BellSouth Web sites through which they may be accessed or delivered,
are collectively called our "Site"). We do this both through our
Site and by linking to Web sites of companies with which we work as well
as by linking to other sites we think may be useful to you or your business.
Such sites may have their own terms of use or applicable policies. BellSouth
has also contracted with certain third party suppliers to enable BellSouth
to provide our Site to you. The term "BellSouth" (or "we", "our" and "us")
includes all of the subsidiaries and affiliates of BellSouth Corporation,
as well as their successors and assigns.
- ACCEPTANCE
OF TERMS
BellSouth provides our Site to you subject to these Terms of Use ("Terms").
By using our Site in any way you are agreeing to comply with these Terms,
which we may update from time to time without notice. All amended Terms shall
automatically be effective when they are initially posted on our Site. Your
continued use of our Site after any changes in these Terms shall constitute
your consent to such changes. Certain services available through our Site,
especially services for which you are asked to subscribe or pay money, may
have their own additional terms and conditions that will apply to your purchase
or use of that particular service and which will control in the event of
any conflict with these Terms. These Terms govern the use of our Site by
viewers and other users (visitors); if we have entered into a separate contract
with a party for the insertion or other placement of content, advertising
or other materials on any of our Sites (including but not limited to Yellow
Pages listings), then the terms of such separate agreements will govern our
relationship with such parties.
- REGISTRATION,
PASSWORD AND SECURITY
Whenever you provide us information on our Site, you agree to: (a) provide
true, accurate, current and complete information and (b) maintain and promptly
update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
If you provide any information that is, or we have reasonable grounds to
suspect that the information is, untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
BellSouth or its third party suppliers may suspend or terminate your access
to our Site and refuse any and all current or future use of our Site (or
any portion thereof).
If any portion of our Site requires you to register or open an account you
may also be asked to choose a password and a user name. Please select a password
that would not be obvious to someone trying to guess your password, and change
it regularly as an added precaution. You are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully responsible
for all activities that occur under your password or account identification.
You agree to immediately notify BellSouth of any unauthorized use of your
password or account or any other breach of security. BellSouth will not be
liable for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of someone else
using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. You
may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of
the account holder.
BellSouth intends to take certain industry-accepted precautions from time
to time to secure our Site or portions thereof, and some portions of the
Site may be labeled as "secure" in accordance with industry practice
in connection with the use of such precautions. However, you understand and
agree that such precautions do not guarantee that use of the Site is invulnerable
to all security breaches, and that BellSouth makes no warranty, guarantee,
or representation that use of our Site is protected from all viruses, security
threats or other vulnerabilities.
- PRIVACY
POLICY; USE BY CHILDREN
Our Site is intended for use primarily by persons 18 years or older. We do
not intentionally collect any personal, individually identifying information
from children under the age of 13. Please view our comprehensive Privacy
Policy relating to the collection and use of your information through
or in connection with our Site. When you enter into transactions with or
provide information to other companies providing content or services in connection
with our Site, you will be subject to their privacy policies rather than
ours.
- CONTENT
AND RELATED USER CONDUCT
You understand that you are responsible for any content that you post or
transmit on or through our Site.
You agree to use our Site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws
and regulations. Specifically, you will not use our Site to distribute, link
to, or solicit content that:
- is harmful to minors, threatening,
harassing, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, gratuitously violent,
obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy,
or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive;
- infringes someone else's intellectual
property or other rights;
- advocates or solicits violence or
criminal conduct;
- specifically advertises firearms or
ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, or other contraband;
- constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, junk or bulk e-mail, chain letters, or any other
unsolicited commercial communication;
- contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended
to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software,
hardware, or communications systems or equipment.
BellSouth does not generally pre-screen or control the content posted via our
Site by third parties, and, therefore, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of such content. BellSouth will not be liable in any way for any
errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of any content posted or contained in e-mails
or otherwise transmitted or displayed via our Site.
BellSouth shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion
to monitor, refuse or remove any content that is available via our Site. Without
limiting the foregoing, BellSouth shall have the right to remove any content
that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.
- BELLSOUTH
DISCRETION OVER USE, STORAGE, AND OPERATION OF OUR SITE
BellSouth may set limits regarding our Site and the use of any features or
services associated with our Site, including (where applicable) limits on
the duration or amount of storage of postings, e-mail and other user-provided
content, or the number or size of messages to or from a user. We are not
liable for the deletion, garbling or loss of messages, other communications,
or other content maintained or transmitted by our Site.
We may change or terminate our Site or any part of it without notice or liability.
We may terminate or change your password, account, or use of all or any part
of our Site and may remove any content from our Site without notice and for
any reason, including lack of use or violation of these Terms. We reserve
the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of
time.
- CONTENT
PUBLICLY POSTED OR SUBMITTED TO BELLSOUTH
Our Site may have "publicly accessible areas" such as message boards,
forums, member profiles, yellow pages, job folders or other features that
allow users to post information that will be accessible by the public or
the user population generally. With respect to all content you elect to post
to such publicly accessible areas of our Site, while you retain any and all
rights that may exist in such content, you grant BellSouth the royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license
to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide
and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology
now known or later developed and to exercise the same rights with respect
to such works. You also permit any user of our Site to access, display, view,
store and reproduce content that you have placed in publicly accessible areas
of our Site. Any content you post to publicly accessible areas is not subject
to our Privacy Policy.
Except for any personal, individually identifying information which we agree
to keep confidential as provided in our Privacy Policy, any feedback, data,
answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like that you send
to us will be treated as being non-confidential and nonproprietary, and not
subject to our Privacy Policy. We assume no obligation to protect such information
from disclosure and will be free to reproduce, use, and distribute the information
to others without restriction. We will also be free to use any ideas, concepts,
know-how or techniques contained in information that you send us for any
purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing
and marketing products and services incorporating such information.
- INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold BellSouth and its underlying content and
service providers, and each of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates,
officers, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out
of content you submit, post or upload to or transmit through our Site, your
use of our Site, your connection to our Site, your violation of these Terms,
or your violation of any rights of another. These obligations will survive
any termination of your relationship with BellSouth or your use of our Site.
BellSouth reserves the right to assume the defense and control of any matter
subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with
BellSouth in asserting any available defenses.
- SPECIAL
LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OUR SITE
We grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license
to use our Site only for the intended purposes of our Site. You may not sell,
resell, or otherwise use or commercially exploit our Site other than by using
it for its intended purposes. Systematic retrieval of data or other content
from our Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection,
compilation, database or directory without written permission from BellSouth
is prohibited. You further agree not to reproduce, prepare derivative works
from or otherwise commercially exploit any portion of our Site, for any purposes
other than its intended purposes or other than as expressly permitted by
these Terms.
You may not modify, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or
otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the computer systems and
other technology that operate our Site or create derivative works based on
our Site. For purposes of these Terms, "reverse engineering" shall
include the examination or analysis of the Site to determine the source code,
structure, organization, internal design, algorithms or encryption devices
of our Site's underlying technology.
Any license granted to you under these Terms for the use of any portion of
our Site requiring registration or an account will automatically terminate
upon termination of your account or registration privileges with respect
to such portion of our Site. BellSouth and its third party suppliers have
the right to terminate the license of any user at any time for any or no
reason, solely in the discretion of BellSouth and its third party suppliers.
BellSouth provides our Site for use only by persons located within the United
States and provides certain regulated telecommunications and other services
only in certain portions of the United States. BellSouth makes no representation
that materials or services described on our Site are appropriate or available
for use in locations outside the United States or our applicable serving
territories within the United States, and accessing them from territories
where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access
our Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible
for compliance with local laws. Certain BellSouth affiliated companies provide
services and operate websites in various other countries throughout the world,
some of which websites may be linked to from our Site. Any such International
websites will be governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies
and not by these Terms.
- DEALINGS
WITH ADVERTISERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS; LINKS
Our Site may provide links to or information about other Web sites or resources.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions
of, advertisers or service providers found on or through our Site, including
payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions,
warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between
you and such advertisers or service providers. You assume all risks arising
out of or resulting from your transaction of business over the Internet,
and you agree that BellSouth shall not be responsible or liable for any loss
or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the
result of the presence of information about or links to such advertisers
or service providers on our Site. You acknowledge and agree that BellSouth
is not responsible or liable for the availability, accuracy, copyright compliance,
legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content, advertising, products,
services or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.
Advertisements found on or through our Site, and references that we make
to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links
to third party sites or information, do not constitute or imply our endorsement,
sponsorship or recommendation of the third party, information, product or
service. You acknowledge that your use of these linked sites is subject to
different terms of use than these Terms, and may be subject to different
privacy practices than those set forth in the Privacy Policy governing our
Site.
- DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
A. YOUR USE OF OUR SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. BELLSOUTH 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, ACCURACY OF DATA AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS
MAY NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
B. BELLSOUTH MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii)
THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF OUR SITE WILL BE ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR
OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED.
C. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED, UPLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE
OF OUR SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR BUSINESS OR LOSS OF
DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL OR THE
USE OF OUR SITE.
D. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
BELLSOUTH OR THROUGH OR FROM OUR SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. ADVICE OR
INFORMATION RECEIVED VIA OUR SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR SIGNIFICANT
PERSONAL, BUSINESS, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD
CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR
PARTICULAR SITUATION.
E. MATERIAL ON OUR SITE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. CHANGES MAY BE PERIODICALLY INCORPORATED INTO THIS MATERIAL. BELLSOUTH
MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR PROGRAMS DESCRIBED
IN THESE MATERIALS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
- LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY; EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT BELLSOUTH SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER
DAMAGES (WHETHER OR NOT BELLSOUTH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE OUR SITE;
(ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM
ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES
RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM OUR SITE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR
CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR SITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING
TO OUR SITE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION
OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, BELLSOUTH 'S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS
SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE
TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR
SITE.
- NOTICE
Notices to you, including notices of changes to these Terms, may, at BellSouth's
discretion, be made either by e-mail, regular mail or by displaying the notices
or links to notices on our Site.
-
TRADEMARK,
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
The BellSouth name, the BellSouth logo, BellSouth slogans and other BellSouth
logos and product and service names are trademarks of BellSouth Intellectual
Property Corporation (the "BellSouth Marks"). You are not authorized
to use any BellSouth name or mark as a hypertext link to any BellSouth
Website or in any advertising, publicity or in any other commercial manner
without the prior written consent of BellSouth. Registration and/or use
of the BellSouth name, or a confusingly similar name, as part or all of
a domain name by a third party is strictly prohibited. Requests for authorization
should be made to the BellSouth
Intellectual Property Group. You may apply online for trademark use
for some limited activities such as Small Sponsorships and Permission to
Hypertext Link by accessing BellSouth's "clickwrap" agreements
located at http://contact.bellsouth.com/bipman.
You may use, copy and distribute the materials found on BellSouth Websites
for internal, noncommercial, informational purposes only. All copies that
you make of the material must bear any copyright, trademark or other proprietary
notice located on our Site that pertain to the material being copied. Except
as authorized in this paragraph, you are not being granted a right, title,
interest or license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual
property right in the material or the products, services, processes or
technology described therein. All such rights are retained by BellSouth
Corporation, its subsidiaries or any third party owner of such rights.
All trademarks and service marks contained herein that are not BellSouth
Marks are the trademarks of their respective owners.
- GENERAL
These Terms govern, and constitute the entire agreement between you and BellSouth
with respect to, your use of our Site. Additional or different terms and
conditions may apply when you use other specific BellSouth services or the
services of any third-party suppliers of content, software or services. The
laws of the State of Georgia govern this agreement and the relationship between
you and BellSouth with respect to our Site. You agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Fulton
County, Georgia for any claim or dispute arising from these Terms or the
use of our Site. BellSouth's failure to enforce any right under these Terms
will not waive that right. You must file any claim or suit related to our
Site within one year after it arises.
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