THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH INTROIN.COM OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO OUR
SERVICES.
Welcome to the user agreement (the "Agreement" or "User Agreement") for Introin.com
("Introin"). This Agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use
of our services available under the domain and sub-domains of www.Introin.com (our
"Site"). If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, do not use or access our services.
You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this
User Agreement and the Privacy Policy which include
those terms and conditions expressly set out below and those incorporated by reference,
before you may use Introins services.
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on the Site. All
amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately after they are initially
posted on the Site. This Agreement may not be otherwise amended except in a writing
signed by you and Introin. This Agreement is effective on May 15, 2008 for all users.
1. User Eligibility
Our services are available only to, and may only be used by, individuals who can form
legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, our
services are not available to children (persons under the age of 18) or to temporarily
or indefinitely suspended Introin users. If you do not qualify, please do not use our
Site.
2. Fees and services
It is free to use Introin. We reserve the right to charge fees for our currently free
services in the future. We may in our sole discretion change some or all of our
services at any time. In the event we introduce a new service, the fees for that
service are effective at the launch of the service. Unless otherwise stated, all fees
are quoted in U.S. dollars. You are responsible for paying all fees associated with
using our service and our Site and all applicable taxes.
3. Introin is only a venue
3.1 Introin is not a middleman
We are only a venue that facilitates the interested individuals who can refer
individuals and families seeking accommodation in their apartment or other rental
property. We also allow the renters and others to include their sublease information
in case people have to move out early before the expiration of their contract for a
variety of reasons. You acknowledge that you understand that we do not pre-screen
individuals who use our Site, are not involved in the actual transaction between users
and are not affiliated with any apartment communities or real estate brokers. You
acknowledge that you understand that we have no control over the people who use our
Site, the referrals/sublets of the communities, renters and communities. We do not
guarantee that, when matched with a prospective referral/sublet or renter, you and
your referral or renter will be able to negotiate or that you will be able to share
the incentives provided by a community. Your interactions with users found on or
through our Site, including what you decide between yourselves regarding how to split
the incentive, who gets the incentive first and how to negotiate the benefit, are
solely between you and your referral or renter.
3.2 Identity
We make no efforts to identify the users of our Site before or after a match is made.
As a safety precaution, if the private message board in our Site was used, we take
steps to preserve the conversation between the two users when a match or negotiation
is made. We will release the conversation other information relating to a particular
match only upon receipt of a legal document compelling us to release such information.
Upon such occurrence, we will endeavor to limit our response and to ensure that the
recipient of such information will handle it with due care. By using our Site, you
agree to accept such risks and acknowledge that Introin is not responsible for the
acts or omissions of users of our Site.
3.3 Release
You agree that Introin shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of
any sort incurred as the result of any dealings related to the services we have
provided on our Site. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users,
you release Introin (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint
ventures, employees and successors) from claims, demands and damages (actual and
consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected,
disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
If there is a dispute between users of our Site, or between users and any third party,
you understand and agree that Introin is under no obligation to become involved.
4. License
Solely to enable Introin to use the information you supply us and to ensure that we
are not violating any rights you might have in that information, you agree to grant
us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub licensable
(through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity and database
rights you have in the information you enter on our Site, in any media now known or
not currently known. Introin will only use your information in accordance with our
Privacy Policy.
5. Your access to our Site
The Site contains robot exclusion headers. You agree that you will not use any robot,
spider, scraper or other automated means to access our Site for any purpose without
our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take
any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify,
create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content from our
Site without the prior expressed written permission of Introin and the appropriate
third party, as applicable; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper
working of our Site or any activities conducted on our Site; or (iv) bypass our robot
exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to our
Site. You will not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other users to buy
or sell any products or services through our Site.
6. Breach
Without limiting other remedies, we reserve the right, at any time and in our
absolute discretion, to limit your activity, warn our community of your actions,
issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your ability
to use our Site and refuse to provide our services to you if you breach this
Agreement, or the Privacy Policy, or if we believe
that your actions may cause financial loss, personal injury or legal liability for
you, our users or us.
7. Privacy
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing
purposes without your explicit consent and we only use your information as described
in the Privacy Policy. We view protection of users'
privacy as very important. We understand clearly that you and your information is
one of our most important assets. We store and process your information on computers
located in the United States that are protected by physical as well as technological
security devices. Our current Privacy Policy is
available at http://www.introin.com/privacy. If you
object to your information being transferred or used in this way or in the ways we
describe in our Privacy Policy, please do not use our
services.
8. No warranty
WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE OUR
WEB SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY. WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied
warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives
you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that vary from
state to state.
9. Liability limit
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR OUR
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT
(HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE).
OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES
AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE
AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO
LIABILITY.
10. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us and, as applicable, our parent, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, agents, employees and successors, harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to
or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, the
Privacy Policy, or your violation of any law or the
rights of a third party.
11. Legal compliance
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes,
ordinances and regulations regarding and related to your use of our Site.
12. No agency relationship
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
13. Notices
Any notices shall be given by postal mail to iSquare Inc, 8300 Greensboro Drive,
Suite 800, McLean, VA - 22102.
14. Additional terms
The following policies are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and provide
additional terms and conditions related to specific services offered on our Site:
Privacy Policy: http://www.introin.com/privacy.
Each of these policies may be changed from time to time and are effective immediately
after we initially post the changes on our Site. In addition, when using particular
services on our Site, you agree that you are subject to any posted policies or rules
applicable to services you use through our Site, which may be posted from time to
time. All such posted policies or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into
this User Agreement.
15. Disclosures
The services hereunder are offered by ISquare Inc., a Virginia corporation.
Commercially available parental control protections (such as computer hardware,
software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in
limiting access to material that is harmful to minors.
16. General
This User Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of
Virginia. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our
services, and operation of our Site may be interfered with by numerous factors
outside of our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall
remain in effect. You agree that this Agreement and all incorporated agreements may
be automatically assigned by Introin in our sole discretion. Our failure to act with
respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to
subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding
and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. Sections 2 (fees
and services) with respect to fees owed for our services, 3.3 (release), 4 (license),
5 (your access to our Site), 9 (liability limit) and 10 (indemnity), as well as this
Section and Section 7 of the Privacy Policy, shall survive any termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
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