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Description of Service. Movoto LLC ("Movoto") provides users with
access to a collection of websites, resources, data, software, and tools ("Service").
The services that we provide are subject to the following Terms and Conditions of
Use ("T&C"), which we may modify by posting revised T&C on our website(s)
from time to time without providing notification. Unless stated otherwise, any new
features or enhancements to the current Service shall be subject to this agreement
in addition to any T&C applicable to particular services. You are responsible
for regularly reviewing these T&C and any applicable changes. Continued use
of the service after any changes take effect will constitute your acceptance of
such changes. You can review the current version of these Terms and Conditions of
Use at http://www.movoto.com .
Binding Agreement. When you visit and use any site within Movoto's
family of websites or when you register for a new Movoto account, you are both agreeing
to be bound by these T&C and representing that you are of legal age to form
a binding contract. If you do not wish to be bound by this agreement, please refrain
from using our services, accessing our websites, or registering for an Movoto account.
By submitting your contact information to Movoto, you agree that Movoto may contact
you.
DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
Movoto PROVIDES THE SERVICE ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOUR USE OF
THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ANY SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT YOU DOWNLOAD
OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN VIA THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA RESULTING
FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE ACCURATE BUT Movoto CANNOT
GUARANTEE ITS ACCURACY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Movoto EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, AND
WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, VERACITY, VALUE, APPROPRIATENESS,
CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, LEGALITY, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY, OPERABILITY, TIMELINESS,
RELIABILITY, OR USEFULNESS OF INFORMATION, DATA, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH,
OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SERVICE. Movoto DOES NOT INTEND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY THE SERVICE TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CONFIRMING THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SERVICE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
Movoto AND ITS EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, INVESTORS, ASSIGNS,
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN
IF Movoto HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) RESULTING FROM THE
USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON BREACH OF
WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE.
Movoto BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE,
FAILURE TO STORE, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION, ERROR IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LINE FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, ALTERATION OR USE OF RECORDS,
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.
EXCLUSIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY,
SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS,
THE LIABILITY OF Movoto, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS,
AGENTS, ASSIGNS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW.
Privacy Policy. Movoto understands that privacy is important to
you. Any information that we collect about you is used or shared according to Movoto's
Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference into these T&C. You can review
the current version of the Privacy Policy at http://www.movoto.com.
Disclosure. You agree that Movoto may disclose, monitor, edit,
access, and preserve your personal information and content if Movoto reasonably
believes that it must do so in order to comply with any applicable law, valid legal
process or governmental request; in order to enforce the T&C or Privacy Policy;
or in order to protect the rights of Movoto employees, Movoto users, or third parties.
The personal information collected by Movoto may be stored and processed in the
United States or any other country in which Movoto or its agents maintain facilities.
By using the Service, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of
your country.
Third Party Content. As consideration for using the Service, you
understand and agree that Movoto may display advertisements and provide links to
third-party content and websites over which Movoto has no control. Movoto takes
no responsibility for any content, advertising or products from third party service
providers, including any content considered harmful, objectionable, inappropriate
or offensive, and Movoto does not endorse or guarantee the availability of such
third party services. You agree that Movoto shall not be liable for damage of any
sort incurred as the result of your dealings with advertisers or of your use of
third-party goods or services.
Your Conduct. When using the Movoto Service, you:
(a) agree to maintain and update your account information to keep it complete and
accurate;
(b) agree to maintain the confidentiality of your account password and notify Movoto
of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other security breach;
(c) agree to use the Service only for your sole, personal, private, noncommercial
use;
(d) agree NOT to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available ("Make
Available") any content
i) that you are not permitted to Make Available under any law, contractual duty,
or fiduciary relationship;
ii) that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
right; or
iii) that is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, harassing, offensive, indecent or
inappropriate as reasonably determined by Movoto; and
(e) agree NOT to impersonate another person or entity, or to falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
Termination. Movoto reserves the right to restrict, disable, suspend
or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service
without prior notice and for any reason. Movoto also reserves the right, but bears
no obligation, to monitor, screen, and remove any content available through the
Service.
Minimum Age Limit. You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older
to use the Service, and you must have all necessary right, power and authority to
enter into these T&C and to perform the acts required hereunder.
Real Estate Clients. You represent that you have not entered into
any agreement, such as a listing agreement or buyer broker agreement, with a real
estate agent or agency other than a Movoto employee, agent or contractor.
Real Estate Data. You agree that all data obtained from the Service
is intended only for your personal, noncommercial use for the purpose of evaluating
properties for sale or purchase. You represent that you have a bona fide interest
in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate of the type being offered through
the Service. You will not copy, redistribute or retransmit any of the MLS Data or
any other home information provided through the Service. You acknowledge InfoLink's
ownership of a copyright in the MLS Data and the validity of InfoLink's copyright.
Financial and Mortgage Tools. The financial calculations available
through the Service are not an offer to lend. Interest rates are for demonstration
purposes only, and actual market interest rates may vary.
Limitations on Automated Valuation Models.
(a)Automated Valuation Models ¡°AVM¡± do not constitute an appraisal of the subject
property.
(b)AVMs should not be relied upon in lieu of an appraisal or underwriting process.
The estimated Movoto comparable home report is based on a proprietary AVM that is
based upon data collected from public record sources and MLS Data.
(c)The accuracy of the methodology used to develop the reports, the existence of
the subject property, and the accuracy of the predicted value and all rule sets
provided are estimates based on available data and are not guaranteed or warranted.
(d)The condition of the subject property and current market conditions can greatly
affect the validity of Automated Valuation Models.
(e)Any valuation Model generated does not include physical inspection of the subject
property or a visual inspection or analysis of current market conditions by a licensed
or certified appraiser, which is typically included in an appraisal.
Other Parties. You agree to refrain from contacting the owner or
seller of any property identified using information obtained through the Service.
Furthermore, you agree that Movoto employees, agents or contractors may represent
other prospective buyers of the same properties that meet your criteria.
You acknowledge that Movoto owns all right, title and interest in the Service, including
all intellectual property rights protected by US and international law. You agree
that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, retransmit, redistribute decompile,
disassemble, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the Service or its
software. You also agree not to use any automated or manual process, robot, spider
or screen-scraper to copy or monitor any part of the Service.
Copyright. All content and compilations included on the Service,
such as text, graphics, logos, buttons, images, audio, video, charts, graphs, data
compilations, and software, are the property of Movoto or its content suppliers
and are protected by US and international law.
Trademark. Movoto, the Movoto logo and other marks indicated on
the Service are trademarks of Movoto. Other graphics, logos, buttons, or service
names are trademarks or trade dress of Movoto or its affiliates.
Patent. Pending patents apply to the Movoto website(s) and the
Movoto Service.
Content.
Your Rights. Movoto does not claim ownership in the Content you
Make Available on the Service, including any text, data, information, images, photographs,
music, sound, video or other material ("Your Content"). However, if you submit Your
Content to Movoto, you grant Movoto and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, alter,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, display, create derivative works
from or otherwise Make Available Your Content throughout the world in any media.
By submitting Your Content to Movoto, you agree to indemnify Movoto for all claims
arising from Your Content and to abide by the policies above concerning Your Conduct.
Responsibility for Your Content. You alone are responsible for
Your Content, and once published, it cannot always be withdrawn. You assume all
risks associated with Your Content, including anyone's reliance on its quality,
accuracy, or reliability, or any disclosure by you of information in Your Content
that makes you personally identifiable. You represent that you own, or have the
necessary permissions to use and authorize the use of Your Content as described
herein. You may not imply that Your Content is in any way sponsored or endorsed
by Movoto. You may expose yourself to liability if, for example, Your Content contains
material that is false, intentionally misleading, or defamatory; violates any third-party
right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy
right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right;
contains material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech or pornography;
exploits or otherwise harms minors; or violates or advocates the violation of any
law or regulation.
Our Right to Use Your Content. We may use Your Content in a number
of different ways, including publicly displaying it, reformatting it, incorporating
it into advertisements and other works, creating derivative works from it, promoting
it, distributing it, and allowing others to do the same in connection with their
own websites and media platforms ("Other Media"). As such, you hereby irrevocably
grant us world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable rights
to use Your Content for any purpose. You also irrevocably grant the users of the
Site and any Other Media the right to access Your Content in connection with their
use of the Site and any Other Media. Finally, you irrevocably waive, and cause to
be waived, against Movoto and its users any claims and assertions of moral rights
or attribution with respect to Your Content. By "use" we mean use, copy, publicly
perform or display, distribute, modify, translate, and create derivative works of
Your Content.
Ownership. As between you and Movoto, you own Your Content. We
own the Movoto Content, including but not limited to visual interfaces, interactive
features, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, products, software, aggregate
user review ratings, and all other elements and components of the Site excluding
Your Content, User Content and Third Party Content. We also own the copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, and other intellectual and proprietary rights
throughout the world ("IP Rights") associated with the Movoto Content and the Site,
which are protected by copyright, trade dress, patent, trademark laws and all other
applicable intellectual and proprietary rights and laws. As such, you may not modify,
reproduce, distribute, create derivative works or adaptations of, publicly display
or in any way exploit any of the Movoto Content in whole or in part except as expressly
authorized by us. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, we do not
grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in and to the Site and the
Movoto Content are retained by us.
Advertising. Movoto and its licensees may publicly display advertisements
and other information adjacent to or included with Your Content. You are not entitled
to any compensation for such advertisements. The manner, mode and extent of such
advertising are subject to change without specific notice to you.
Other. User Content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of
Movoto. We reserve the right to remove, screen, edit, or reinstate User Content
from time to time at our sole discretion and without notice to you. For example,
we may remove a review if we believe it violates our Content Guidelines. We have
no obligation to retain or provide you with copies of Your Content, nor do we guarantee
any confidentiality with respect to Your Content.
Restrictions. We are under no obligation to enforce the Terms on
your behalf against another user. While we encourage you to let us know if you believe
another user has violated the Terms, we reserve the right to investigate and take
appropriate action at our sole discretion.
1. You agree not to, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to use the
Site to:
- Violate our Content Guidelines, for example, by writing a fake or defamatory review,
trading reviews with other businesses, or compensating someone or being compensated
to write or remove a review;
- Violate any third party's rights, including any breach of confidence, copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity,
or any other intellectual property or proprietary right;
- Threaten, stalk, harm, or harass others, or promote bigotry or discrimination;
- Promote a business or other commercial venture or event, or otherwise use the Site
for commercial purposes, except in connection with a Business Account and as expressly
permitted by Movoto;
- Send bulk emails, surveys, or other mass messaging, whether commercial in nature
or not; engage in keyword spamming, or otherwise attempt to manipulate the Site's
search results or any third party website;
- Solicit personal information from minors, or submit or transmit pornography; or
- Violate any applicable law.
2. You also agree not to, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to:
- Violate the Terms;
- Modify, adapt, appropriate, reproduce, distribute, translate, create derivative
works or adaptations of, publicly display, sell, trade, or in any way exploit the
Site or Site Content (other than Your Content), except as expressly authorized by
Movoto;
- Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device,
process or means to access, retrieve, scrape, or index any portion of the Site or
any Site Content;
- Reverse engineer any portion of the Site;
- Remove or modify any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice that
appears on any portion of the Site or on any materials printed or copied from the
Site;
- Record, process, or mine information about other users;
- Access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site for purposes of constructing or
populating a searchable database of business reviews;
- Reformat or frame any portion of the Site;
- Take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable
or disproportionately large load on Movoto's technology infrastructure or otherwise
make excessive traffic demands of the Site;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, user accounts, computer systems
or networks connected to the Site through hacking, password mining or any other
means;
- Use the Site or any Site Content to transmit any computer viruses, worms, defects,
Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature (collectively, "Viruses");
- Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the
Site, or otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site;
- Use the Site to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or
security encryption codes; disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise
cause harm to, the Site or Site Content;
- Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with any security-related
features of the Site, features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of Site
Content, or features that enforce limitations on the use of the Site.
The restrictions above only apply to the extent permissible under applicable law.
Nevertheless, you agree not to act contrary to them (even if permissible under applicable
law) without providing 30 days' prior written notice to us here, together with any
information that we may reasonably require to give us an opportunity to provide
alternative remedies or otherwise accommodate you at our sole discretion.
Guidelines and Policies.
- Content Guidelines You represent that you have read and understood our Content Guidelines.
- Privacy You represent that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Note
that we may disclose information about you to third parties if we have a good faith
belief that such a disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) take action regarding
suspected illegal activities; (ii) enforce or apply our Terms and Privacy Policy;
(iii) comply with legal process or other government inquiry, such as a search warrant,
subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us; or
(iv) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates,
or the public. If you use the Site outside of the United States, you consent to
having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Procedure for Submitting Claims of Copyright Infringement.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), if you
believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please contact
the Movoto Copyright Agent at:
Copyright Agent
Movoto LLC
1730 S El Camino Real Ste 500
San Mateo, CA 94402
Please include the following information with your claim:
1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual
property that you claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing
is located on the site;
4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. a 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;
6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the
above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual
property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's
behalf.
Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
Movoto, its officers, directors, investors, employees, contractors, agents, successors,
assigns, information providers, licensors, subsidiaries and affiliates from any
and all claims arising from, or in any way related to, your use of the Service.
Movoto reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify Movoto, and you agree
to cooperate with our defense of these claims.
Claiming Profiles. You will only claim professional profiles for yourself,
and you represent and warrant that the professional you are claiming is truly you.
You will provide accurate, current and truthful information when you add or edit facts about yourself.
You will not publish any material that is discriminatory, inflammatory, obscene, inappropriate,
threatening, or libelous, or violates any laws, regulations or these T&C. This includes,
but is not limited to, stating discriminatory preferences in violation of the provisions of the Fair Housing Act.
You agree not to post copyrighted material without permission from the owner of the copyright.
You will not disclose confidential or sensitive information. For Your Content, including but not
limited to any materials you provide to Movoto or in connection with your professional profile,
you irrevocably grant Movoto world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable,
and transferable rights to use Your Content, including your professional profile, for any purpose.
You are responsible for all actions taken or content added through your account, and Movoto will not pay you or
otherwise compensate you for Your Content or any other content you provide to Movoto.
Movoto reserves the right in our sole discretion to edit or remove Your Content or any other materials provided by you.
Authorization. By claiming your professional profile, you authorize Movoto to display your photos,
reviews, real estate transaction activities, personal information and other information related to you,
whether obtained through public services or other means or submitted by you on Movoto-affiliated websites or services.
Communications. Movoto may share the information associated with your Movoto account
(including your personal information) with the social networking sites that you have linked to your Movoto account,
such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter social networking sites. Movoto allow professional users to link their Facebook,
LinkedIn and Twitter accounts to our service. Movoto then posts for our professional users their recent activities,
such as any updates, reviews or real estate transactions, to their Facebook, Twitter or other social networking accounts.
By providing login credentials to such social networking sites, you agree for Movoto to share and disclose such
activities on your Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter service. You may be able to edit your privacy settings for the content
that you post which appears on Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter by making selections within those social networking sites.
You also authorize Movoto to send you or your networked friends emails, text messages, or other social networking communications.
Information Display. You agree that information about you, whether provided by you or aggregated by Movoto,
will be posted in public areas of the website or Movoto's affiliated websites, and will be available to anyone who visits these sites.
You acknowledge that Movoto may combine and display information from various sources and that there may be discrepancies
between the information gathered by the different sources. You expressly and irrevocably release Movoto from liability for
any inconsistent, inaccurate or untimely information.
Entire Agreement. The T&C constitutes the entire agreement between
you and Movoto and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreement(s).
An electronic version of this agreement shall be admissible in judicial or administrative
proceedings to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business
documents generated in printed form.
Applicable Law. The T&C shall be governed by the laws of the State
of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Movoto consent
to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within
the county of Santa Clara, California.
Waiver. The failure of Movoto to exercise or enforce any right or provision
of the T&C shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Severability. If any provision of the T&C is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, you and Movoto nevertheless agree that the court should
endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision
and that the other provisions of the T&C shall remain in full force and effect.
However, you and Movoto agree that courts should not give legal or contractual effect
to the section titles themselves.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law
to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of
the Service or the T&C must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or
cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Relationship. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment
or agency relationship exists between you and Movoto as a result of this agreement.
You also agree that there are no survivorship rights or third party beneficiaries
to this agreement.
Force Majeure. Under no circumstances shall Movoto be held liable for any
delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature
or other forces beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, fires,
floods, storms and acts of God.
© 2004-2013
by Movoto LLC. All rights reserved. Patent Pending.
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