Terms of Service

This website is a private space, not a public commons, but we try to be as open as possible to everyone who would like to visit. To maintain a friendly atmosphere on this website, we have created a set of guidelines designed to avoid abuses. A single person can do immense harm to a community in the absence of such guidelines, so you must agree in full to these terms before using this website. Using the chatrooms or the forums constitutes agreement in full to these terms.

PLEASE READ THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT (THE "TERMS OF SERVICE") CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY CHATROOM, NEWSGROUP, BULLETIN BOARD, MAILING LIST, WEBSITE, TRANSACTION OR OTHER ON-LINE FORUM OR SERVICE MADE AVAILABLE BY TGChatroom (“TGChatroom”) AT ENTRY-POINT URL (https://tgchatroom.com) AND ITS RELATED WEBSITES ("SITE" OR "SITES"). BY USING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE SITES, YOU SIGNIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREE THAT THE TERMS OF SERVICE CONSTITUTES A BINDING LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND TGChatroom, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE SITES. TGChatroom's ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ASSENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS; IF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER BY TGChatroom, ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THESE TERMS.

The purpose of this SITE, is to provide a forum for transgendered persons, intersexed persons, cross-dressers and friends and family of transgendered persons, intersexed persons and/or cross-dressers. The site is intended for persons wishing to legally engage in internet communications with other persons of like mind, subject to these Terms of Service.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

TGChatroom.com Chat provides service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You may review the TOS at any time at terms.php. Your use of this website is conditioned on your acceptance without modification, of the terms, conditions, policies and notices contained herein. Your use of this website or its services constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, policies and notices (the "Agreement"). Furthermore, your use of this website is conditioned on your acceptance without modification, of the Code of Conduct which is herein linked for your convenience.

RIGHT OF MODIFICATION

We reserve the right to change or modify the Terms of Service at our sole discretion at any time. Any change or modification to the Terms of Service will be effective immediately upon posting by us. For any material changes to the Terms, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes. In all cases, your continued use of the Sites after publication of such modifications, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of these modified Terms of Service.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

TGChatroom.com Chat provides members with topical chatrooms, wiki, news postings and forums to converse with other members (the "Services"). You understand and agree that the Services are proviced "AS-IS" and that TGChatroom.com Chat assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any member communications or preference settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Services and that access may involve third party fees. You are responsible for those fees, and in addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Services.

TGChatroom will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Site and Services are available at least 23 hours a day. However, there will be occasions when the Site and or Services will be interrupted for maintenance, upgrades and emergency repairs or due to failure of telecommunications links and equipment. Every reasonable step will be taken by TGChatroom to minimize such disruption where it is within TGChatroom's reasonable control. YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER TGCHATROOM NOR THE SITE WILL BE LIABLE IN ANY EVENT TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SUSPENSION, MODIFICATION, DISCONTINUANCE OR LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, YOUR CONTENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR OTHER CONTENT. TGChatroom retains the right to create limits on use and storage in its sole discretion at any time with or without notice.

DISCLAIMER

Sites may include forums, wikis or other user-entered information containing the personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who post entries on a wide range of topics. Neither the User Content (as defined below) on these Sites, nor any links to other websites, are screened, moderated, approved, reviewed or endorsed by TGChatroom.com or its participating staff. By posting to or viewing such forums, you agree that TGChatroom.com and any of its participating staff are not responsible or liable for the content of any postings therein. TGChatroom.com reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove any content from the Services in its discretion.

REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS

In regard to the use of the Services, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction, including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services. You further represent that you are at least 18 years of age at the time you begin using the Services.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Registration and participation on the Sites is restricted to those individuals over 18 years of age, emancipated minors, or those who possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties herein. By registering or participating in services or functions on the Sites, you hereby represent that you are over 18 years of age, an emancipated minor or in possession of consent by a legal parent or guardian and have the authority to enter into the terms herein. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13 as the Site is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, do not use the Sites. In addition, those who wish to register and participate must meet the minimum requirements laid out in the Terms of Service (this document) and abide by the Code of Conduct linked herein. If you do not qualify or do not agree to these terms, you may not use the Site.

PRIVACY POLICY

Registration Data and other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy, which can be found at privacy.php.

MEMBER ACCOUNT AND SECURITY

In order to fully participate in all Site activities, you must register for a personal account on the Site (a “User Account”) by providing an email address and a password for your User Account. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account with any third party for any reason. You also agree to that you will create, use, and access only one User Account, and that you will not access the Site using multiple User Accounts.

In setting up your User Account, you may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not limited to your name and location. Additional information may be required to confirm your identity. You represent that all information provided by you is accurate, current and complete and you agree that you will maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your use of the Sites.

As part of the registration process, you are asked to supply a password for your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree to immediately notify TGChatroom.com Chat of any unauthorized use of your account or password or any other breach of security. You further agree to exit from your account at the end of each session.

CONDUCT

You understand that all Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person posting such Content. TGChatroom.com Chat does not control the Content posted via the Services and as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, quality or integrity of such Content. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable. Under no circumstances will TGChatroom.com Chat be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content.

You agree to not use the Services to:

  1. transmit, upload, post, email or otherwise make available ("Publish") any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, knowingly false or defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, that may be invasive of another's right of privacy or publicity, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  2. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a TGChatroom.com Chat official, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
  3. manipulate identifiers, including but not limited to, IP addresses in order to disguise the identity of the member or in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Services;
  4. Publish any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
  5. Publish any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or any other form of solicitation;
  6. Publish any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to destroy, interrupt or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
  7. post numerous messages in a chatroom faster than other members of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively effects resource availability of the Services' resources to other members;
  8. interfere or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
  9. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
  10. stalk or otherwise harass another member;
  11. collect or store personal data about other members;
  12. send private messages without the consent of all parties involved;
  13. disrupt ongoing conversations or otherwise cause a disturbance that other members find distracting, disruptive, offensive, hurtful or in bad taste; or
  14. use a chatroom or forum name, signature, or images or representations that are in whole or in part: racial slurs, sexual innuendos, hateful remarks, obscene, profane, disrespectful or otherwise offensive.
  15. Harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything else to another Member or guest that is unwanted. This includes: saying bad things about Members or guests, repeatedly sending them unwanted messages, attacking their race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Remember: if you disagree with someone, keep your response targeted at the subject, not the person.
  16. Transmit or facilitate distribution of Content that is harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, or in a reasonable person's view, objectionable. Hate speech is not tolerated.
  17. Disrupt the flow of chat in chat rooms with vulgar language, abusiveness, hitting the return key repeatedly or inputting multiple images so the screen goes by too fast to read, use of excessive shouting [all caps] in an attempt to disturb other users, “spamming”, or flooding [posting repetitive text].
  18. Trolling, which we define as posts or threads, which knowingly lead to overly strong negative and emotional responses for mere shock value, are not allowed on the TGChatroom forums. Accounts made with the sole intent to “troll”. will be immediately and permanently suspended or terminated. Personal attacks are also considered trolling.
  19. Posts deemed inappropriate to a particular forum will be moved to a more appropriate forum or even removed completely depending on the nature of the post. Examples of such posts would be off-topic posts posted in a political forum or a technical help question posted in off-topic. This is done to facilitate proper communication on the forums and allow for the flow of conversation. Posts that have been removed are not to be reposted. Reposting removed posts or making posts questioning said removal, will be cause for account suspension or termination.
  20. Impersonate another person (including celebrities), indicate falsely that you are a TGChatroom administrator or a TGChatroom staff member or a representative of TGChatroom, or attempt to mislead users by indicating that you represent TGChatroom or any of TGChatroom's partners or affiliates.
  21. Attempt to get a password, other account information, or other private information from a Member or any other user on TGChatroom. Remember: TGChatroom administrators and staff members will NEVER ask for your password. Do not give your password, reminder words, or billing information out to anyone.
  22. Upload any software or Content that you do not own or have permission to freely distribute.
  23. Promote or encourage any illegal activity including hacking, cracking or distribution of counterfeit software.
  24. Post messages for any purpose other than personal communication, including without limitation advertising or promotional messaging, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or other commercial activities.
  25. Modify any part of the Service or any Service website (a “Site”) that TGChatroom does not specifically authorize you to modify.
  26. Attempt to interfere with, hack into or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service.
  27. Exploit any bug in the Service or in any TGChatroom product and/or communicate the existence of any such bug (either directly or through the public posting) to any other user of the Service.
  28. Do anything that interferes with the ability of other Service users to enjoy using the Service and using the Service in accordance with its rules, or that materially increases the expense or difficulty of TGChatroom in maintaining the Service for the enjoyment of all its users.
  29. Posting profanity or otherwise objectionable content in your profile is also prohibited. You are responsible to make sure your account information, especially your email address, is up-to-date.
  30. Accounts are non-transferable. Registered users are responsible for any actions that take place on their accounts or private messaging systems.
  31. Do not repost copyright and/or press material in its entirety from other sources. Quotations from things such as news articles are fine, provided it is cited and (if possible) linked to. We ask others to respect our content and ask our readers do the same for other people's content.
  32. If you are suspended, it is not proper to get back to the chatroom and/or the forums on an alternate account. If your account is suspended, and you use an alternate account, the alternate account will be permanently suspended, and not only will you receive another official warning, but your suspension will be lengthened.

You acknowledge and agree that your communications with other users via chats, conferences, bulletin boards, and any other avenues of communication on this Services are public and not private communications. Moderators and administrators have the ability to read personal and/or private messages at any time and no guarantees of privacy will be made. Private messages cannot be considered to be truly private and you are urged not to send information which may be confidential or damaging via the personal or private chat mechanisms of the Services. You understand that you have no expectation of privacy with respect to your use of the Site, Services or Games, and that all communications made by or received from you may be monitored, preserved and disclosed by TGChatroom.com representatives. You hereby consent to the extraction of hardware system profile data and any data related to operation of the software from any computer that logs on to the Site, Services or Games using your account. You acknowledge and agree that TGChatroom.com will report to law enforcement authorities any actions which may be considered illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct.

TGChatroom.com Chat and its designees shall have the right, but not the obligation, in their sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content posted to the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, TGChatroom.com Chat and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that is in violation of the Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. You agree to indemnify and hold TGChatroom.com Chat harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your violation of these terms and conditions or your violation of any rights of another.

You acknowledge, consent and agree that TGChatroom.com Chat may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce the Agreement, respond to your requests for customer service, respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of TGChatroom.com Chat, its members and the public.

In all cases, violation of the account registration guidelines may lead to temporary or permanent ban of the IPs from which your account was used as well as a temporary or permanent ban of the email address which was provided with your account. We reserve the right to reject accounts whose email is with free provider such as Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail at any time without notice.

USER SUBMITTED MATERIALS

The Sites may provide you with the ability to upload certain information, text, or materials, including without limitation, any information, text or materials you post on the Sites’ public or private areas such as the chatroom, wiki or the discussion forums (“User Content”). With respect to User Content you submit or otherwise make available in connection with your use of the Site, and subject to the Privacy Policy, you grant TGChatroom.com a fully transferable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, sublicense, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such User Content. To the extent that you provide User Content, you represent and warrant to TGChatroom.com that (a) you have all necessary rights, licenses and/or clearances to provide and use User Content and permit TGChatroom.com to use such User Content as provided above; (b) such User Content is accurate and reasonably complete; (c) as between you and TGChatroom.com, you shall be responsible for the payment of any third party fees related to the provision and use of such User Content and (d) such User Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights (including without limitation privacy, publicity, intellectual property and any other proprietary rights, such as copyright, trademark and patent rights) or constitute a fraudulent statement or misrepresentation or unfair business practice.

The Sites may also provide you with ability to upload or send information to TGChatroom.com regarding the Sites or related services (“Feedback”). By submitting the Feedback, you hereby grant TGChatroom.com an irrevocable license to use, disclose, reproduce, distribute, sublicense, prepare derivative works of, publicly perform and publicly display any such submission.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The Sites may include hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others. TGChatroom.com is not responsible for nor does it routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these sites.

SITE GUIDELINES

These guidelines apply to the entire site, including the chatrooms and the forums.

CHATROOMS AND FORUMS

The chatrooms and forums are provided as a courtesy to our visitors. Members are expected to behave with politeness, maturity and respect at all times.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

NEITHER TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT, NOR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES CONTAINED ON THE STATION, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, MAKE ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT FEATURES.

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL FEATURES OF THE SERVICE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE AND ALL MATERIAL CONTAINED THEREON ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR OBTAINING OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 9 APPLY TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.

IN NO EVENT WILL TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES CONTAINED ON THE SERVICE, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR (A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO (I) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, (II) THE BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, (III) THE USE BY YOU OF THE SERVICE OF ANY BROWSER OWNED OR OPERATED BY ANY PARTY AND/OR (IV) THE DOWNLOADING OF ANY SOFTWARE OWNED OR OPERATED BY ANY THIRD PARTY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OR (B) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IN THE EVENT ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE BY TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY CONCERNING THE SERVICE, IS MADE BY YOU, THE ACTUAL DAMAGES TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FEES, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU FOR USE OF THE SERVICE.

TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICE AND TGCHATROOM.COM CHAT WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

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 OF SECTIONS 9 AND 10 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

TERMINATION

Either you or TGChatroom.com Chat may terminate this Agreement at any time. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by not using the Services. We can terminate the Agreement by asking you to stop using the Services, and, if necessary, by preventing your access to the Services. Upon termination of this Agreement, you shall have no further rights to use the Services. Your only right and remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with the Services is to terminate this Agreement, including, without any limitation, any dissatisfaction with (a) any terms and conditions of this Agreement, or any policy or practice of TGChatroom.com Chat in operating the Services, or (b) Content available through the Services, or any change therein. Without limiting the foregoing, TGChatroom.com Chat shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with you, effective immediately, and/or suspend or terminate your access to the Services, without notice, in the event of any conduct by you which TGChatroom.com Chat, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or for conduct that TGChatroom.com Chat believes is a violation of the terms and conditions contained herein or any policies or guidelines posted by TGChatroom.com Chat to the Services, or for other conduct which TGChatroom.com Chat believes, in its sole discretion, is harmful to TGChatroom.com Chat or other Services members. TGChatroom.com Chat reserves the right to deny registration to any individual as a Services member and to deny access to the Services to any individual.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TGChatroom.com Chat and all of its respective officers, directors, owners, agents, employees, information providers, affiliates, licensors, licensees and designees (collectively, "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liability and costs including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of (a) any breach by you of the Agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants or (b) your use of the Services, including, without limitation, all TGChatroom.com Chat features.

JURISDICTION

This site is controlled and operated by TGChatroom.com Chat from its offices within the State of Oregon, United States of America. TGChatroom.com Chat makes no representation that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

TGChatroom.com Chat respects the intellectual property of others and we ask that our members do the the same. TGChatroom.com Chat may, at its sole discretion, suspend and/or terminate the accounts of members who may violate intellectual property rights. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that violates your intellectual property rights, please provide TGChatroom.com Chat's Copyright Agent the following information:

  1. an electronic or physical signature of the person or agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property interest;
  2. a description of the work 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 intellectual property 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 intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the intellectual property owner's behalf.

TGChatroom.com Chat's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

By web form:

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and TGChatroom.com Chat and governs your use of the Services, superceding any prior agreements between you and TGChatroom.com Chat.

The Agreement and the relationship between you and TGChatroom.com Chat shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, United States of America without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and TGChatroom.com Chat agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of the city of Portland, Oregon.

The failure of TGChatroom.com Chat to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

You agree that your TGChatroom.com Chat account is non-transferrable and any rights to your TGChatroom.com Chat account or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.

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 Services or the Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

The section titles within the Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.