Terms and Conditions

This Site is fully controlled and operated by Americanexpats.co.uk. By accessing and using this Site, you are hereby agreeing to be legally bound by the below terms and conditions. If you do not agree with all of the following terms and conditions, please do not use this site.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter these terms and conditions at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. Please review the terms and conditions periodically. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes and/or modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised terms and conditions. For your information, this page was last updated on February 26, 2002.

INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, Americanexpats.co.uk, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, representatives, and third party providers to the Site from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement by you. Americanexpats.co.uk reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Americanexpats.co.uk in asserting any available defenses.

OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All site software, design, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audioclips, videoclips, artwork, graphic material, or other copyrightable elements are the property ofAmericanexpats.co.uk, affiliates or assigns or Americanexpats.co.uklicensors or other respective owners and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to U.S. and foreign copyright, trademark and other applicable laws.

Americanexpats.co.uk hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use and display the Material for noncommercial and personal use only provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Material. You agree not to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate any Material to any third party (including, without limitation, the display and distribution of the Material via a third party website) without the express prior written consent of Americanexpats.co.uk. Use of Americanexpats.co.uk and/or its licensors' Material is only permitted with their express written permission. You further agree that you will not disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Material. Any unauthorized or prohibited use may subject the offender to civil liability and criminal prosecution under applicable federal and state laws.

FORUM REGISTRATION SERVICES
During forum registration you will be asked to provide current, complete and accurate information as prompted to so do. You will then enter your registered username and password. Your username and password will be used for all Services offered by the Sites. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password. All information requested during registration shall be referred to as the "Registration Data". Please read the Privacy Policy for information on how we collect and use user's personal information.

Notwithstanding the terms of the Privacy Policy, you grant to Americanexpats.co.uk the right to disclose the Registration Data to third parties for the purposes of administering and maintaining the Services.

Furthermore, while it is the policy of Americanexpats.co.uk to respect the privacy of its users, including information about user's use of the Services. Americanexpats.co.uk reserves the right to monitor, edit or disclose any personal information about the user, his/her use of the Services, or such contents, in the event that Americanexpats.co.uk believes that such action is necessary in order to:

1. Conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process
2. To protect and defend the rights of Americanexpats.co.uk
3. To enforce the Terms of Service
4. To act to protect the interests of its members and others.

ADVERTISING
Users may from time to time enter into correspondence with or participate in the promotions of advertisers through the Services. All such correspondence, including, without limitation, any resulting contractual agreements, are solely between the advertiser and the user and, as such, Americanexpats.co.uk shall not be responsible for upholding any applicable terms, conditions, representations of warranties made by advertiser or user in connection therewith.

RULES OF CONDUCT
You agreed that your use of the Services is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and you are solely responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under your account or password, including, without limitation, the contents of your transmissions through the Services. User agrees not to:

1· Disseminate content intended to harass, abuse, threaten, impersonate any other individual or entity, disseminate obscene, defamatory, indecent, harmful, libelous, unlawful and/or other objectionable material/information.

2 · Use the Services for the purposes of sending junk email, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages or "spamming" or in connection with contests, surveys or pyramid schemes.

3 · Use the Services for commercial purposes, including, without limitation, for the advertising or offering of goods or services.

4· Transmit or upload programs or material that contain viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horses or other harmful or deleterious programs.

5· Transmit or upload any material that contains software or other material that is protected by intellectual property laws and/or would infringe upon rights of privacy or publicity of a third party unless user owns or controls the rights thereto or has received a license, permission and/or consent thereto.

6 · Try to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other users' accounts, or computers connected to the Services though password mining or other means.

7 · Violate any applicable laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, laws regarding the transmission of technical data or software through the Services.

8. Interfere with another user's use and enjoyment of the Services or any other individual's user and enjoyment of similar services.

TERMINATION OF THE SERVICE
Americanexpats.co.uk may terminate the Services at any time with or without cause. Americanexpats.co.uk shall not be liable to user of any other party for termination of the Services.

DISCLAIMER & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED ON IT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND TRANSMITTED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Americanexpats.co.uk is not responsible or liable for any infections or contamination of your system, or delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of this Site or with respect to the information and material contained on this Site. The entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, adequacy, completeness, correctness and validity of any material rests with you.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Americanexpats.co.uk, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS TO THE SITE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE WHETHER THE MATERIAL IS PROVIDED OR OTHERWISE SUPPLIED BY Americanexpats.co.uk OR ANY THIRD PARTY.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Americanexpats.co.uk's liability to you for any and all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this Site.

COMPETITIONS, CONTESTS, AUCTIONS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Americanexpats.co.uk provides Rules of Participation for certain activities on the Americanexpats.co.uk website including, without limitation, contests, competitions, and promotions in conjunction with third parties. This Agreement is incorporated by reference to the specific Rules of Participation, which appear in connection with information about a particular activity. To the extent that any conflict exists between this Agreement and specific Rules of Participation, the Rules of Participation for the activity in which you choose to participate shall govern.

HYPERLINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Americanexpats.co.uk, its subsidiaries and affiliates of the opinions or views expressed by these linked websites and Americanexpats.co.uk does not verify, endorse, or take responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness or quality of the content contained in these sites. Furthermore, Americanexpats.co.uk is not responsible for the quality or delivery of the products or services offered, accessed, obtained by or advertised by such sites. As such, neither Americanexpats.co.uk, its subsidiaries and affiliates will be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information contained in these sites. To the extent that these sites collect personal information or Postings from the end user, be advised that in no event shall Americanexpats.co.uk assume or have any responsibility or liability for the manner in which the Information or Postings are exploited or for any claims, damages, or losses resulting from their use and/or appearance on these sites. Finally, Americanexpats.co.uk will under no circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or special loss or other damage, whether arising from negligence, breach of contract, defamation, infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights, caused by the exhibition, distribution or exploitation of any information or content contained within these sites.