TERMS OF SERVICE:
This Terms of Use Agreement was last revised on 8/1/2011.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

hitched.com, LLC. ("hitched" "we" or "us") is the owner and operator of the hitched Web Properties which include www.hitched.com and any linked pages or applications (the "Site") and is the provider of the services available on the Site or through social networking sites (collectively, the "Services"). The availability of any Service on a social networking site does not indicate any relationship or affiliation between hitched and such social networking site. This page explains the terms by which you may use the Services. By accessing or using the Site or Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy ("Agreement"), whether or not you are a registered user of our Service. We reserve the right to amend this Agreement at any time and without notice. If we do this, we will post the amended Agreement on this page and indicate at the top of the page the date the Agreement was last revised. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future Terms of Use, do not use or access (or continue to access) the Service.
USE OF OUR SERVICE

The Site and Services are intended for use in the United States. You will only use the Services in a manner consistent with this Agreement and any and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, United States export control laws. You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country which the United States has (i) embargoed goods, (ii) identified as a "Specially Designated National", or (iii) placed on the Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. Use of the Services are void where prohibited. To the extent that the Services are not legal in your jurisdiction, your use of the Services is at your own risk. All visitors to the Site, whether registered or not, are "Users." If you register with the Site and create an account you become a "Member" or a "Subscriber" and gain access to certain features. hitched grants you permission to use the Services as set forth in this Agreement, provided that:
(a) You will only use the Services for your sole, personal use and you will not authorize others to use the Services or otherwise transfer your right to use the Services to any other person or entity.
(b) You will use the Services, including but not limited to the content you post through the Services, in a manner consistent with any and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.
(c) You will not provide inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or false information to hitched or to any other User.
(d) You will not use the Services (or the system provided) to transport to any other User any obscene, profane, defamatory, offensive, threatening, harassing, or illegal materials that offend or violate any other party's rights.
(e) You will not engage in any advertising or solicitation to buy or sell any products or services through the use of the Services and you will not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Users.
(f) You will not post, copy, transfer, create any derivative works from, distribute, reproduce or show in any manner any copyrighted or trademarked or proprietary information or materials without the prior consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.
(g) You will only create one unique profile for the Services provided. You will not include any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs, multimedia or artworks downloaded from external sources, or email addresses in any content, email, chat message, mobile messages, or any other communication.
(h) You agree that hitched has the right to investigate, prosecute you individually and/or terminate your account and cancel your subscription and/or membership if you have violated the terms of this Agreement, misused the Services, or behaved in a way which could be regarded as inappropriate, unlawful, illegal or unsafe.
CONTENT

You are solely responsible for the content or information that you provide, publish, display or otherwise communicate to hitched or through the Services or to other Users, including but not limited to materials posted through email messages, tweets, debates and photos and profiles (your submissions and those of other Users, collectively, are "Content"). You consent and license hitched to use and disclose the Content that you furnish in providing the Services. Additionally, you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to hitched, its affiliates, licensees and successors and other non-affiliated third parties an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such information and Content furnished by you and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing in any medium. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your Content by hitched will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3) for further detail):
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
(v) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. hitched's designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is: Attn: Copyright, hitched.com, LLC., 2229 E Woodlyn RD, Pasadena, CA 91104 USA. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA notice may not be valid.
ACCOUNT SECURITY

Your account at hitched is private. You understand you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the email address and password of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your email address and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify hitched of any unauthorized use of your email address or password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You acknowledge that hitched will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision. You agree to use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. CODE OF CONDUCT

You agree to adhere to the hitched Code of Conduct and certify that:
  1. You are at least 18 years old.
  2. You have never been convicted of a felony or any criminal offense characterized as a sexual offense.
  3. You will be truthful, accurate and complete in the information presented in your personal profile.
  4. You will not use any defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane, threatening, harassing or otherwise offensive or illegal material when using the Services or in communications with other Users.
  5. You will treat all fellow Users with dignity and respect.
  6. You will notify hitched promptly of any User's violation of the terms of this Agreement.
  7. You will not use the Service to infringe the privacy rights, property rights, or any other rights of any person.
  8. You will not use the Service to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.
  9. You will not post or transmit in any manner any contact information including, but not limited to, email addresses, "instant messenger" nicknames, telephone numbers, postal addresses, URLs, or full names through your publicly posted information.
  10. You will not cause the Service to be accessed through an automated or robotic means, including but not limited to the rapid access of the site as in a denial-of-service attack. Such restriction shall not apply to legitimate search engine activity which does not place an unreasonable burden on the Service.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

You agree to provide to hitched, upon request, complete, accurate and current information confirming eligibility for membership.

REMOVAL OF INFORMATION
While we do not and cannot review every message or other material posted or sent by users of the Service, and are not responsible for any content of these messages or materials, we reserve the right, but are not obligated, to delete, move, or edit messages or materials, including without limitation profiles, public postings and messages, that we, in our sole discretion, deem to violate the Code of Conduct set out above or any other applicable content guidelines, or to be otherwise unacceptable. You shall remain solely responsible for the content of profiles, public postings, messages and other materials you may upload to the Service or users of the Service.

TERMINATION OF ACCESS TO SERVICE
We may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity, or that may otherwise affect the enjoyment of the Service or the Internet by others may be grounds for termination of your access to all or part of the Service at our sole discretion, and you may be referred to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
HITCHED.COM, LLC RIGHTS
  1. hitched's Content Review; No Duty to Monitor. Although you understand and acknowledge that hitched has no duty to prescreen, control, monitor or edit the content posted by Users and is not liable for content that is provided by others, you agree and understand that hitched may, but is not required to, review, edit and delete any content, email, messages, photos or profiles that, in hitched's sole judgment, violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal, unsafe or that might violate the rights of other Users.
  2. Proprietary Rights. You acknowledge hitched and/or its licensors own and retain all proprietary rights in the Services and the Site. The Site and the Services contain the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of hitched and its licensors. You understand that you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
  3. Changes to Services. You understand the Services provided by hitched are expected to change from time to time and you agree that hitched has the right to modify, change, suspend or discontinue temporarily or permanently any Service offered, the features or any part of any Service offered or its system without notice, including changes to access and use procedures. You understand hitched will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, change, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.
  4. Blocking IP Addresses. You understand that in order to protect the integrity of the Services, hitched reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block members or subscribers from certain IP addresses from accessing the Services.
  5. Informed Consent to Participation in Research. By using the Services, you agree to allow hitched to anonymously use the information from you and your experiences through the Services to continue hitched's research.
  6. Right to deny service to users. You understand that hitched at its sole discretion reserves the right to block any user from using the serives for any reason or no reason.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. hitched PROVIDES THE SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR THE SITE (INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. HITCHED DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. HITCHED DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR, AND NO WARRANTY IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO, THE CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by hitched, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. hitched DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES, OR (ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN hitched. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL hitched BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONE'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SERVICES, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL HITCHED BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF HITCHED KNOWS OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HITCHED'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY, IN ANY FORM OF ACTION WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE, EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR ACCOUNT (IF ANY). TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HITCHED BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICES. DISPUTES AND INDEMNIFICATION

Disputes. You agree that if there is any dispute about or involving the Services, by using the Services, the dispute will by governed by the laws of the State of California, United States of Amercica.

Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold hitched, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, managers, agents, and employees harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising of your use of the Services in violation of this Agreement and/or any breach of any provision of this Agreement.

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