Terms & Conditions of use and Privacy Policy of the Scamdex.com website

 

Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy

CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Use of the pages in this site is dependent on your agreement to the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you should not use this site.

PARTIES TO THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

Visitors, viewers, users, subscribers, members, affiliates, or customers, collectively referred to herein as"Visitors," are parties to this agreement. The website and its owners and/or operators are parties to this agreement, herein referred to as "Website".

RESTRICTIONS ON USE

All material from the Website and any other World Wide Web site which is owned operated, licensed, or controlled by Scamdex.com ("the Company") may not be copied, distributed, modified, republished, reused, uploaded, reposted, transmitted, or otherwise used outside the scope of normal Web browsing without prior written consent of the Company

The material in this site is provided for lawful purposes only and any other use or modification of the materials found in this site violates the intellectual property rights of the Company. The Company retains full and complete title and intellectual property rights to all materials.

You may not reproduce, sell, repost, modify, or convert any materials in this site in any manner inconsistent with these terms and conditions.

ALL PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 14 ARE DENIED ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR YOU TO VISIT, READ, OR INTERACT WITH THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER. THIS WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY DENIES ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT IS COVERED BY THE CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY ACT (COPA) OF 1998.

THIS WEBSITE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DENY ACCESS TO ANY PERSON OR VIEWER FOR ANY REASON. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH YOU ACCEPT AS A CONDITION FOR VIEWING, THE WEBSITE IS ALLOWED TO COLLECT AND STORE DATA AND INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXCLUSION AND FOR MANY OTHER USES.

DISCLAIMER AND RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY

The Company does not make any guarantee as to the accuracy of this site or of any other site that is owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by the Company. The Company reserves the right to make changes or corrections from time to time without notice or obligation.

THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND; ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS HEREBY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

All materials are provided in this site "AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS." Some states do not allow limitations on implied warranties, so the above disclaimer may not apply to you.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY AND USER'S SOLE REMEDY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, UNDER ANY WARRANTY, IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT YOU (THE USER) PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF THIS SITE, DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF EQUIPMENT, ANY INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAYS, OMISSIONS, OR FAILURE OF TRANSMISSIONS, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR FAILURE TO CONNECT, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT OR ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). Any person who infringes a copyright willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain shall be punished according to the laws as stated in Title 17, U.S. Code. ScamdexSM and any other marks associated with the Scamdex Web Site, are the sole property of Scamdex.com No license to use any of these marks is given or implied. These marks may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, used, modified, or distributed in any way (except as an integral part of an authorized copy of material appearing in these Web pages, as set forth in paragraph 2: "Restrictions on Use") without prior written permission of The Company.

SUBMISSIONS

Visitor agrees as a condition of viewing, that any communication between Visitor and Website is deemed a submission. All submissions, including portions thereof, graphics contained thereon, or any of the content of the submission, shall become the exclusive property of the Website and may be used, without further permission, for commercial use without additional consideration of any kind. Visitor agrees to only communicate that information to the Website, which it wishes to forever allow the Website to use in any manner as it sees fit. "Submissions" is also a provision of the Privacy Policy.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice

If you believe that content available by means of the Website (as defined in our Terms and Conditions of Use) infringes one or more of your copyrights, please notify us by providing a written notice (.Infringement Notice.) containing the information described below to the designated agent listed below. If Scamdex takes action in response to an Infringement Notice, it will make a good faith attempt to contact the party that made such content available by means of the most recent email address, if any, provided by such party to Scamdex.

Email any Infringement Notices to scamdex@gmail.com

The following information is required:

  • A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
  • An identification of the copyright claimed to have been infringed;
  • A description of the nature and exact location of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright, in sufficient detail to permit Scamdex to find and positively identify that content; for example we require a link to the specific URL, Webpage, blog post (not just the name of the blog), or forum posting that contains the content and a description of which specific portion of the page. an image, a link, the text, etc . your complaint refers to;
  • Your name, address, telephone number and email address; and
  • A statement by you: (a) that you believe in good faith that the use of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright is not authorized by law, or by the copyright owner or such owner.s agent; (b) that all of the information contained in your Infringement Notice is accurate, and (c) under penalty of perjury, that you are either the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.

REMOVAL POLICY

Statements that are true or that reflect an honest opinion (e.g. negative posting/reviews/comments) are not usually themselves a basis for defamation. You should carefully consider the facts before you make a claim (and take legal advice if in doubt), as a false claim may expose you to liability.

Scamdex reserves the right to ask for verification of your identity and to seek further information from you to clarify the basis of your claim. Scamdex reserves the right to make a reasonable charge for the time and technical assistance needed to research, remove and monitor any content which we have agreed to remove. Please note that Scamdex may not be able to investigate claims that are anonymous or incorrectly addressed or do not provide sufficient information in the form of the Notice set out below. We will use reasonable efforts to identify defamatory content when notified but cannot be responsible where you have failed to provide all the relevant facts or where these facts cannot be ascertained. Any personal data you provide to us will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy; please review this before sending personal data to us.

Warning: Any statement you make may be used in court proceedings. Any false, misleading or inaccurate information provided by you may result in civil and criminal liability.

Sample Pro-forma Removal Request

Please use the following template when requesting Content Removal:
Notice to Scamdex of Defamatory Content
I [state your full name] of [state your postal address, daytime telephone number and email address], say as follows:

I refer to the Website "Scamdex.com" (the “Website”) and now give notice to Scamdex that via its Website it is causing or contributing to the publication of a defamatory statement.

The relevant statement appears on the Website at [please cut and paste the posting(s) in which the relevant statement appears and the address of the relevant web page from the Website where the defamatory words appear].

The words I consider to be defamatory are: [please repeat the exact words appearing on the Website which you are complaining about].

I submit that these words are defamatory because [please state why you consider these words to be defamatory].

The defamatory words are untrue because [please state why the words complained of are untrue and what you believe the true position is].

[If the person making the statement is acting on behalf of the claimant, please include the following statement: I am authorised to act on behalf of the claimant. The [person/entity] claiming that words are defamatory is [please state the name and address of the person/entity] (“Complainant”). I am [please explain the relationship of the signatory to the Complainant]].

I declare that the above claim to be true, and understand that this notice may be used in any subsequent court proceedings relating to the above defamation complaint.

[Sign and Date the letter and send to Scamdex]

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

All trademarks used or displayed on www.scamdex.com are the rightful property of their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only.


Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy discloses how Scamdex.com, collects, protects, uses and shares information gathered about you on www.scamdex.com ("The Scamdex Website").

While visiting the Scamdex Website you may be asked to provide information that personally identifies you. This information is gathered on a voluntary basis to better serve you. You may choose not to provide personal information and you will still be able to visit most of the Scamdex Website but some information will not be available to you.

Scamdex.com, is the sole owner of the information collected on the Scamdex Website. We collect personal information at several different points on our website. The following items are a sample of areas where personal information is required in order for us to assist you:

  • Contact Us / Help form.
  • Subscription to the Scamdex Archive Service, Scamdex RSS Feeds, the ScamBlog or the Scamdex Forum.
  • Contact us requests via forms or email addresses, including submissions of offensive emails.

Website Disclaimer

The Scamdex Website is a website devoted to collecting, analysing and providing information on scams, internet fraud, phishing and spoof websites. As a result, the website content includes examples of fraudulent acticity. While every effort is made to identify (with background images and clear classification) that content as such, Scamdex.com cannot be held responsible for any damages incurred as a result of the use of that content. The Terms and Conditions, Subsection 'DISCLAIMER AND RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY' refers.

Information You Provide

For the areas of the Scamdex Website where the collection of personally identifiable information is necessary, you will know because you will have to fill out a form. Depending on the form, we may need to collect a variety of business and personal information. Scamdex.com does not provide your information to third parties. You may unsubscribe from all Scamdex.com mailing lists at any time.

Information Collected using Technology

We may collect some information about you using technology, so it may not be readily apparent to you that it is being collected. For instance, when you come to our site your IP address is collected so that we know your geographic region. This information is not personally identifiable. We may use information collected through technology to make our sites more interesting and useful to you. We normally don't combine this type of information with personally identifiable information. However, we may combine this information with personally identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce compliance with our terms of service or to protect our service, site, customers, or others.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website sends to your computer while you are viewing the Scamdex Website. These pieces of information allow the website to remember important information that will make your use of that site more useful. Internet companies use cookies for a variety of purposes. We use cookies to help improve your future visits. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your experience on our website more efficient and some of our services may not function properly.

Links to Other Sites

We may provide links to 3rd party websites on the Scamdex Websites. We are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those pages. Please note that the 3rd party websites privacy policies may differ from those of Scamdex.com. Please read the privacy policy of any 3rd party site before providing them with any personal information.

Legal Disclaimer

Although we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information as follows:

(i.) when required by law to comply with a judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on us;
(ii.) to enforce our policies or agreements including the collection of amounts owed to us;
(iii.) to protect users of our sites and our sites from fraudulent or abusive use.

Changes

In the future, we may modify this privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. However, if we are going to use personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users by e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communications with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will we use their personal information in this new manner.

Contact Us

If you wish to change or delete your registration information or opt-out of any promotional materials please contact us at using the online form at http://www.scamdex.com/contactus.php .

If for any reason you feel that we have not followed our stated policy please let us know by using the online form at http://www.scamdex.com/contactus.php . We will look into your concern and try to resolve any problem.