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THIS DOCUMENT SETS FORTH THE OFFICIAL TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT FOR RATETHEROOMIE.COM. THE TERM "SITE" INCLUDES ANY PAGE THAT RESIDES UNDER THE RATETHEROOMIE.COM DOMAIN NAME AS WELL AS ANY SUBDOMAINS AND PAGES THAT MAY RESIDE ON OUR HOSTING SERVER. THE TERM "USER" DEFINES ANYONE WHO MAY ACCESS OUR SITE IN ANY WAY. BY USING THE SITE, YOU INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN PLEASE LEAVE THE SITE IMMEDIATLEY. Ability to Change Official Terms of Use: RateTheRoomie.Com reserves the right to alter any of our Terms of Use at any desired time at our discretion - without notifying you as the user. Any alterations to our Terms are effective immediately after posting. Please visit and review these Terms frequently to make sure you are up to date and aware of any changes that may occur. If you continue to use the site after new Terms have been posted, RateTheRoomie.Com will assume that you accept and agree to the new Terms and any modifications that may have been made. Offered Service: This site is offered to anyone over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please browse the site with caution. If you do not meet the age requirement and do not refrain from using the site immediate you hereby agree that RateTheRoomie.Com is not liable for any dilemmas or hindrances you may encounter on or from our site. Limitation of Liability: RateTheRoomie.com shall not be liable for any special or consequential harm that results from the use of our site, whether it is something a user has posted or the developer/owner of the site. As a site, RateTheRoomie.Com cannot review all posts- or any other user generated material and interaction between users; and is not in any manner responsible for any content posted by our users. By participating on RateTheRoomie.Com you take full responsibly of what you write and share with others. RateTheRoomie.Com reserves the right to redistribute, modify, publish, circulate, and share any material submitted on the site without the user's discretion; and without any reward or compensation to the user. By simply visiting our site and not participating, you also agree that there may be harmful or questionable material that others have posted and agree to accept the risks involved. If you as a user encounter anything that is inappropriate, please contact RateTheRoomie.Com so we may review any inappropriate content and take action appropriately. Rules of Conduct: You may not publish the following content specified in the next five sections; in any manner or form available to the users- via the DISQUS Comment System, stories, ratings or any other form of participation/publication omitted. i. Posting material that is racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive. ii. Posting material that is abusive, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, harmful, hateful, illegal, intimidating, libelous, obscene, pornographic, or threatening. iii. Posting material that is invasive to another individual's privacy or publicity rights; or which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense. iv. Posting material that violates the rights of any party, or which may otherwise give rise to the violation any law. v. Posting commercial or malicious content on the site or using the site to solicit others - for other service or organization without receiving permission from RateTheRoomie.Com beforehand. (Any content which does not follow this rules can and will be removed at our own discretion.) Impersonation of another individual or site user, including a RateTheRoomie.Com persons, employee, host, or representative is strictly prohibited. While creating ratings, as a user, you agree to keep "other comments" clean, professional and concise. As a user, you agree not to submit ratings of yourself or submit multiple ratings of one individual if you have already submitted a rating of them. RateTheRoomie.Com does not currently give users the ability to edit previously submitted ratings. If you would like us to edit a submitted rating that you have created please contact us. When doing so, email us from the email registered with your account and provide your appropriate username and any other info we may need. There is no guarantee that your edits will be made. RateTheRoomie.Com has reserved the rights to delete and/or remove a violator's account, submitted comments, submitted stories, submitted ratings, or any other form of participation/publication on the site if our Terms of Use have been violated. All censoring, modifications, deletions and/or removals of any content will be done without the discretion from or by the violating user. Privacy: RateTheRoomie.Com will honor every user and visitor's right to privacy. Any information obtained by the user will never be provided or sold to other websites, companies, or any other third parties. All information and records obtained from our site are kept confidential and will not be shared with others without receiving permission from the user; unless required to do so by a subpoena or a court of law. If our site is hacked by malicious or abusive users and content or information is compromised, we are not responsible for any damages or ramifications that may occur thereafter. If you share your username, password, or any other information regarding your account with others, we are not responsible for any complications or malicious activity that may take place under your username. If your account is compromised, please contact us immediately and we will take the appropriate measures. While browsing the site, cookies may be installed onto your computer to record login information and to create an all around easy user experience. By using this site you agree to allow the installation of these cookies. If you do not agree, please leave the site now or disable cookies in your browser's settings. By disabling this feature in your browser the site may not function properly and you may experience difficulties with some features. Anonymity: When creating Roomie Stories and Ratings, RateTheRoomie.Com will always keep your identity hidden from other users unless you choose to disclose this information yourself. This is not always the case when users comment on our site content via the DISQUS Comment System on both our main site and RoomieLounge Blog. Please be aware that your name may show with any comments you create and submit. We are not responsible for what you choose to share with others. Support: RateTheRoomie.Com is not required to provide any technical support or any other type of support, training, guidance or assistance to users. As always we will try our best to help users, but there is no guarantee or liability that requires us to do so. Content Removal Request: RateTheRoomie.Com will remove any content that is requested to be removed, as long as an individual contacts us with a proper reason to - otherwise. A proper reason for removal includes any circumstances that break our Rules of Conduct listed above or any other terms previously mentioned. Some form of identification must be presented to RateTheRoomie.Com to prove that you are actually the individual being harmed or offended by another user's posted content. Account Deactivation/Deletion: As a user, you have the right to have your account deleted upon request. To do so, you must contact RateTheRoomie.Com via the Contact Us page and notify us of an account deletion. No proper reason is necessary upon requesting an account deletion from RateTheRoomie.Com's hosting location. Please note that any ratings, stories, or comments you have made or submitted previously may still remain on the site after your account deletion has taken place. If you wish to have this information and/or content deleted as well, you must inform RateTheRoomie.Com when contacting us for your account deletion. You must contact us from the email you registered your account with; to prevent any false or unwanted account deletions. Once the account it deleted, you will be notified via email. Upon deletion, no further liability or obligation of any kind to you or any other party will be needed. E-Mail Notices: If RateTheRoomie.Com wishes to notify you via E-Mail we may, unless asked or requested to do otherwise during user registration or by and notifying us via E-Mail. Third-Party Material RateTheRoomie.Com may at any time post third-party links and/or material to or from other websites that are not owned or managed by RateTheRoomie.Com. We are not responsible for any content that is on or from these third party websites. Each individual website has their own Terms of Service or Legal Terms which applies to any of their own content. We are not liable for any content from a third party website in any way. Third-Party Platforms Any third party platforms such as the DISQUS Comment System or any other platform not specified may be used and implemented on RateTheRoomie.Com. Before using these platforms please be aware of each platform's own Terms of Use, Terms of Service, and/or Legal Terms which may apply. Advertising: We are always up for advertising with partners! If you have any advertising or sponsoring inquires for RateTheRoomie.Com please contact us so we may work something out.
