HuntFishBuddy Terms of Service Agreement

Welcome to HuntFishBuddy, an online community that connects outdoor Sportsmen.

The HuntFishBuddy service is operated by HuntFishBuddy, Inc. ("HuntFishBuddy"). By using the HuntFishBuddy web site (the "Web site") you have registered as a member and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Service (this "Agreement"). If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement after reading it, you may not use HuntFishBuddy.

This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Web site and your membership in the Service and may e modified by HuntFishBuddy at any time and without prior notice, such modifications to be effective upon posting by HuntFishBuddy on the Web site. This Agreement includes HuntFishBuddy's acceptable use policy for content posted on the web site, HuntFishBuddy's

Privacy Policy, and any notices regarding the Web site.

  1. Service.
  2. The Service includes services provided on HuntFishBuddy’s Web site and services by HuntFishBuddy’s Affiliates.

    To use this Service, you understand and agree to the following:
    (a) as part of the registration process, you must submit a valid e-mail address and select a password and user name
    (b) you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member name and password, and all uses of your account -- whether or not you've authorized such use
    (c) you agree to notify HuntFishBuddy immediately of any unauthorized use of your account;

  3. Eligibility.
  4. You must be eighteen or over to register as a member of HuntFishBuddy or use the Web site.

    Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the Web site, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You understand, and agree that, unless expressly stated, HuntFishBuddy in no way controls, verifies, or endorses any of the information contained on or in the HuntFishBuddy Service, including links, events, messages, message boards and members' published listings.

  5. Term.
  6. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Web site and/or are a Member.

    You may cancel your HuntFishBuddy membership at any time by sending us a message via our Contact Us page. Once we process your request, We will remove your account from our database. HuntFishBuddy may terminate your membership for any reason, at any time. Even after membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect.

  7. Non Commercial Use by Members.
  8. The HuntFishBuddy web site is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Web site for any purpose. Passwords and compiled names, photos, stories, links, and Web site content are not to be transferred or copied from the Web site for use with any other product or service. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Web site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Web site will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

  9. Proprietary Rights in Content on HuntFishBuddy.
  10. HuntFishBuddy owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Web site and the Service. The Web site contains the copyrighted material, including links and compilations of individual data, trademarks, and other proprietary information of HuntFishBuddy, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.

  11. Content Posted on the Site.
  12. a. You understand and agree that HuntFishBuddy may review and delete any content, messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of HuntFishBuddy, violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
    b. Your profile must describe you, an individual person. Examples of inappropriate profiles include, but are not limited to, profiles that purport to represent an animal, place, inanimate object, fictional character, or real individual who is not you.
    c. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members.
    d. By posting Content to any public area of HuntFishBuddy, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to HuntFishBuddy an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.
    e. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Web site. HuntFishBuddy reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes Content that:
    is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry , hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
    harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
    involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
    promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
    promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
    contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page) ;
    displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
    provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
    provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses; solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes; and solicits people you don't know to add you or accept you as a friend on HuntFishBuddy.

    Even though all of this is strictly prohibited, there is a small chance that You might become exposed to such items and You further waive Your right to any damages (from any party) related to such exposure.

    f. You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
    g. You may not include in your Member profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, URLs or email addresses.
    h. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members to buy or sell any products or services through the Service. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although HuntFishBuddy cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Web site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, HuntFishBuddy reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which HuntFishBuddy deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

  13. Copyright Policy.
  14. You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Web site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

  15. Member Disputes.
  16. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other HuntFishBuddy Members. HuntFishBuddy, Inc. reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.

  17. Links to Third Party Sites.
  18. Any links included within the HuntFishBuddy site that take users out of the HuntFishBuddy site are not under the control of HuntFishBuddy. HuntFishBuddy shall not be responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. All such sites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such site. We encourage you to read those policies and know your rights.

  19. Transactions with Organizations or Individuals.
  20. HuntFishBuddy shall not be liable for your interactions with any organizations and/or individuals found on or through the HuntFishBuddy Service. This includes, but is not limited to, payment and delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. These dealings are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You agree that HuntFishBuddy is not responsible for any damage or loss incurred as a result of any such dealings. HuntFishBuddy is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between participants on the site, or between participants on the site and any third party. In the event of a dispute, you release HuntFishBuddy, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, damages and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and our Service.

  21. Privacy.
  22. Use of the Web site and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy .

  23. Disclaimers.
  24. HuntFishBuddy is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Web site or in connection with the Service, whether caused by users of the Web site, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. HuntFishBuddy is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Web site or Member of the Service. HuntFishBuddy assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or Member communications.

    HuntFishBuddy is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to users and/or Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will HuntFishBuddy be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Web site or the Service, any Content posted on the Web site or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the Web site, whether online or offline. The Web site and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and HuntFishBuddy expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. HuntFishBuddy cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Web site and/or the Service. The service may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by user from HuntFishBuddy or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

  25. Limitation on Liability.
  26. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will HuntFishBuddy be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from your use of the Web site or the Service, even if HuntFishBuddy has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, HuntFishBuddy's liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to HuntFishBuddy for the Service during the term of membership.

  27. Disputes.
  28. If there is any dispute about or involving the Web site and/or the Service, by using the Web site, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts of the State of California, City of Sunnyvale.

  29. Indemnity.
  30. You agree to indemnify and hold HuntFishBuddy, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. If You are a California resident, You waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

  31. No Agency.
  32. There is no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship between HuntFishBuddy and any User of the Service.

  33. Other.
  34. This Agreement, accepted upon use of the Web site and further affirmed by becoming a Member of the Service, contains the entire agreement between you and HuntFishBuddy regarding the use of the Website and/or the Service. The failure of HuntFishBuddy to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Please contact us with any questions regarding this agreement.

HuntFishBuddy is a service mark of HuntFishBuddy, Inc.