Terms of Use Agreement
Read This Terms of Use Agreement Before Accessing This Website.
Effective Date: This Terms of Use Agreement was last updated on January 12, 2008.
The GetARoomie.com website (the "Site") is owned and operated by Rental Markets, Inc ("GetARoomie.com" or "We"). The Site provides users the ability to search and communicate with those who need roommates or those who have rooms to rent. The use of this service is subject to the terms and conditions established in this document called the Terms of Use ("TOU"). You must agree to the TOU in order to use the Site. The TOU may be update from time to time with out any prior notice. It is your responsibility to check these in order to insure that you are complying with the current TOU.Your continued use of the Service after amendments are posted constitutes an acknowledgement and acceptance of the Agreement and its modifications. Except as provided in this paragraph, this Agreement may not be amended.
OUR SERVICE. Our service is free. You can freely browse through the profiles listed on our service but you won't be able to communicate with any of our registered users until you register for our service and become a member.
MEMBER REGISTRATION. By registering for this service you agree that: 1) you are at least 18 years of age, 2) you are using a valid email for your member registration, 3) any information you provide on this site is true, accurate and complete and will keep that information up-to-date. GetARoomie.com reserves the right to suspend or terminate anyone's member account for any reason, with or without notice.
MEMBER ACCOUNT. When you register with GetARoomie.com, you receive an account which you access with your email address and the password you entered at registration. You are solely responsible for all the information on your account and for all activities that occur on your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your personal account information. You agree to notify GetARoomie.com immediately of any unauthorized activity on your account.
USER CONTENT. GetARoomie.com does not provide any of the user generate content on the Site. You are fully responsible for any and all content you post of the Site, including, but not limited to profiles, messages, photos, videos and listings. We do not guarantee, verify or endorse the accuracy of any of the content posted by registered members. You agree that GetARoomie.com will not be liable for any content posted on this site nor for any loss or damage of any kind that incurred as the result of the use of any of the posted content. By submitting content to GetARoomie:
You are granting us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute and or display such Submission, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium now known or hereafter developed.
You automatically waive any claim that any use of such content violates any of your rights, including privacy rights, publicity rights, moral rights or any other right, including the right to approve the way we use such content.
You are responsible for the content of all Submissions and acknowledge that third parties may hold you responsible for content related claims including libel, invasion of privacy, and misappropriation of likeness and disclosure of confidential information.
USER CONDUCT. By using this service is are agreeing not to use this service for any illegal or inappropriate purpose and that you affirmatively represent and warrant:
that you will not make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, vulgar, defamatory, obscene, libelous, harassing, invasion of privacy or otherwise objectionable,
that you will not display pornogrphic or sexually explicit material of any kind,
that you will not advertise any illegal service or sale any items prohibited or restricted by applicable law,
that you will not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limited the functionality of any computer software or hardware,
that you will not upload, transmit or other make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam,", "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation,
that you will not collect, store or solicit information about other users or members for commercial or unlawful purposes or engage in commerical activity without the express written consent of GetARoomie.com
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. The site is provided by GetARoomie.com on an “as is” and on an “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, GetARoomie.com makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the use or the results of this web site in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. GetARoomie.com shall have no liability for any interruptions in the use of this Website. GetARoomie.com disclaims all warranties with regard to the information provided, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, therefore the above-referenced exclusion is inapplicable.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. GetARoomie.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR GetARoomie.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR LOSS OF USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEB SITE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF GetARoomie.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IS INAPPLICABLE.
INDEMNIFICATION. Member agrees to indemnify and hold GetARoomie.com, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Member’s use of the Service, the violation of this Agreement, or infringement by Member, or other user of the Service using Member’s computer, of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity.
MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTION TO SERVICE.GetARoomie.com reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service with or without notice to the Member. GetARoomie.com shall not be liable to Member or any third party should GetARoomie.com exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service. Member acknowledges and accepts that GetARoomie.com does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our website and operation of our website may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control.
THIRD-PARTY SITES. Our website may include links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by online merchants and other third parties. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any third-party site. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those third-party sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such sites. Your use of those third-party sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of each site, and we are not responsible therein. We encourage all Members to review said privacy policies of third-parties’ sites.
DISCLAIMER REGARDING ACCURACY OF VENDOR INFORMATION. Product specifications and other information have either been provided by the Vendors or collected from publicly available sources. While GetARoomie.com makes every effort to ensure that the information on this website is accurate, we can make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of any information provided on this website.
GetARoomie.com makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any product provided or offered by any Vendor, and you acknowledge that any reliance on representations and warranties provided by any Vendor shall be at your own risk.
GOVERNING JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS. Our website is operated and provided in the State of Texas. As such, we are subject to the laws of the State Texas, and such laws will govern this Terms of Use, without giving effect to any choice of law rules. We make no representation that our website or other services are appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Accordingly, if you choose to access our site you agree to do so subject to the internal laws of the State Texas.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Member assumes all knowledge of applicable law and is responsible for compliance with any such laws. Member may not use the Service in any way that violates applicable state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements. Member further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION. All content included or available on this site, including site design, text, graphics, interfaces, and the selection and arrangements thereof is ©2008 GetARoomie.com, with all rights reserved, or is the property of GetARoomie.com and/or third parties protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of materials on the website, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, or replication, any form of data extraction or data mining, or other commercial exploitation of any kind, without prior written permission of an authorized officer of GetARoomie.com is strictly prohibited. Members agree that they will not use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained therein without prior written permission of an authorized officer of GetARoomie.com.
GetARoomie.com™ and GetARoomie.com.com™ are proprietary marks of GetARoomie.com.com. GetARoomie.com’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by GetARoomie.com, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits GetARoomie.com.
All other trademarks displayed on GetARoomie.com’s website are the trademarks of their respective owners, and constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of those Vendors. In addition, such use of trademarks or links to the web sites of Vendors is not intended to imply, directly or indirectly, that those Vendors endorse or have any affiliation with GetARoomie.com.
NOTIFICATION OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, GetARoomie.com.com designates the following individual as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement.
By Mail
One Oxford Center; 43rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
By Email: abuse@getaroomie.com
OTHER TERMS. If any provision of this Terms of Use Agreement shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent. You agree that this Terms of Use Agreement and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by GetARoomie.com, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition. This Terms of Use Agreement shall apply in addition to, and shall not be superseded by, any other written agreement between us in relation to your participation as a Member. Member agrees that by accepting this Terms of Use Agreement, Member is consenting to the use and disclosure of their personally identifiable information and other practices described in our Privacy Policy Statement[if applicable].
