Avuso.com Terms of Use

Last revised June 1, 2009

Welcome to Avuso.com, a web service for discovering answered questions on the Web. Avuso.com is an online service ("Avuso" or the "Service") that provides a search engine which utilizes the Google Search API's ("Google" or "Google API's") to enabled people discover questions and answers on the Web. Avuso.com is a service offered by HanPerson.com and is not affiliated with Google, Inc.

This page sets forth the terms on which you may use Avuso.com (the "Terms of Use" or "Terms"). Avuso reserves the right to amend these Terms at any time and without notice. If we do so, we will post an updated version here.

You accept this Terms of Use and Avuso.com's Privacy Policy by accessing or using Avuso.com's services, and your continued use of Avuso.com signifies your continued acceptance of any revised Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use or access Avuso.com.

1. License for Acceptable Use of Service
   (a) Avuso.com reserves the rights to suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Service for any violation of these Terms of Use. Any rights not expressly granted to you here, including the intellectual property rights associated with the Service, are reserved by Avuso.com.
   (b) You agree not to use Avuso.com to collect personal data about others for commercial use or unlawful purposes.
2. Content accessed via Avuso.com
   (a) Though Avuso.com is under no obligation to monitor Content, Avuso.com reserves the right to pre-screen, review, filter, refuse or remove any Content that is offensive or objectionable, in Avuso.com's sole judgment, or that violates these Terms. You understand that by using Avuso.com you may be exposed to content that you may find offensive or objectionable and that you use Avuso.com at your own risk.
   (b) Avuso.com is not responsible and disclaims all liability for the truth, correctness, or completeness of any Avuso.com Content. Avuso.com does not endorse any of the Content on the Service. Avuso.com is not responsible for verifying the professional qualifications or claimed expertise of anyone who provides Content to Avuso.com.
3. Ability to Accept Agreement
   If you are under 13 years old you may not use Avuso.com. If you are at least 13 but younger than 18, you may not use Avuso.com without your parents' permission. By using Avuso.com, you affirm that you are either are at least 18 years of age or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, and obligations set forth in this Terms of Use.
4. Indemnity
   You agree to indemnify and hold Avuso.com and its affiliates harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising out of your use of Avuso.com (including posting of Content), your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third party's rights including intellectual property, proprietary, contractual, or privacy rights.
5. Disclaimer Of Warranties
   EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Avuso.COM HEREBY DISCLAIMS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (A) ALL WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT; AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE; LACK OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFESTS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, CURRENCY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE AND (B) ANY DUTIES OF REASONABLE CARE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT OR LACK OF NEGLIGENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
6. Assumption Of Risks
   Your interactions with other users are solely between you and such individuals or entities. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties. You agree that Avuso.com shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between users of Avuso.com, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that Avuso.com is under no obligation to become involved and is not subject to any liability.
7. Liability Limitation
   TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER Avuso.COM, NOR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS, WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF PRIVACY) OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER THAT ARISE OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO YOUR USE OF Avuso.COM, OR TO ANY BREACH OF THESE TERMS, EVEN IF Avuso.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IN THE EVENT OF FAULT, TORT, OR STRICT OR PRODUCT LIABILITY. Avuso.COM, ITS LICENSORS, AND AFFILIATE SHALL BE LIABLE ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED, NOT TO EXCEED $500.00. Avuso.COM, ITS LICENSORS, AND AFFILIATES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, CAUSED BY YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE SERVICE. ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE LIABILITY AROSE.
8. Advertisers and Third Party Links
   Avuso.com may contain links to third party websites, including those of advertisers that are not under the control of Avuso.com. Avuso.com is not responsible for any content on any linked website. If you access a third party website from Avuso.com, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that these Terms do not apply to your use of such sites. Avuso.com provides links only as a convenience and the inclusion of the link does not imply that Avuso.com endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third party websites. Additionally, your dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on Avuso.com, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between you and such advertisers. You agree that Avuso.com shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to your dealings with such advertisers.
9. International Usage
   Avuso.com is controlled and operated by HanPerson.com from its offices within the United States of America. Avuso.com makes no representation that it is appropriate or available in locations outside of the United States of America. Those who choose to access Avuso.com from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws.
10. Modifications
    Avuso.com reserves the right at any time to modify, suspend or discontinue its services. You agree that Avuso.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance.
11. Assignment
    These Terms of Use and any rights and licenses granted hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Avuso.com without restriction, including without limitation, in the event that Avuso.com, forms a partnership with, is merged with, is acquired by another company or goes into bankruptcy.
12. Term and Termination
    Your permission to access Avuso.com will immediately terminate if you violate any of these Terms. You agree that Avuso.com, in its sole discretion and with or without notice, may terminate your access to any or all of the Site. Paragraphs 1, 4-14 shall survive termination of your agreement to these Terms of Use.
13. Severability
    If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
14. General
    These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under or related in any way to these Terms or the Service shall be litigated or otherwise heard in the appropriate forum in Santa Clara County, California. The parties hereto hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the County of Santa Clara, California. Avuso.com reserves the right to terminate these Terms between Avuso.com and you for any reason or no reason. Avuso.com's failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive Avuso.com's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

Avuso.com Privacy Policy

Last revised June 1, 2009

Avuso.com realizes that privacy is an important issue for our users. This document outlines the type of information that Avuso.com ("we," "us," "Avuso" or "Avuso.com") collects when our users use our services, and the steps that we take to safeguard your information.

Avuso.com collects various pieces of information on our servers in the United States when you use our services. Some of this information collection happens with your permission and some of it happens implicitly as you use our services.

• Non-Personally Identifiable Information
  When you use our website, we record and maintain a log of requests sent by your browser to our web servers. This information includes information such as the URL that was used to view our website, your PC's Internet Protocol address, and the timestamp of the request.
• Google Search APIs
  Avuso.com utilizes Google's Search API's to retrieve links to questions and answers on other websites your behalf. These Search API requests are governed by governed by Google's individual privacy policy, not by Avuso.com's privacy policy.
• Third Party Advertisers
  Advertisements of third-party advertisers may be displayed on Avuso.com. If you choose to click on an advertisement or link, Avuso.com may provide non-personally identifiable information to the advertiser and/or web publisher. Also, the advertiser or web publisher may use cookies or other technologies to collect information when you are visiting their web sites. The information advertisers or other third parties collect is governed by their individual privacy policies, not by Avuso.com's privacy policy.

• Non-Personally Identifiable Information
  Avuso.com may use non-personally identifiable information we collect to improve the quality of our services - for example, by diagnosing service or technology problems, by assessing and maintaining security, by increasing ad placements on web pages that are receiving more web traffic and presenting you with ads that we think you would be interested in seeing. We may also use the information to count and recognize returning users. This information will not be made available to third parties for promotional purposes. We will periodically delete this information to minimize the history of your actions on our website.
  Avuso.com may conduct research on the non-personally identifiable information collected to determine user demographics, interests, and behavior and may market the Avuso.com service by sharing non-personally identifiable information with potential advertisers or partners. If it does so, Avuso.com will share the non-personally identifiable information in such a way that users are not identified. For example, we may provide demographic or usage information to an advertiser so they may see how many registered users are from a specific geographic area or clicked on a certain ad in the previous month. Avuso.com also may provide your non-personally identifiable information to contractors so that they can perform services for us.
• Security
  Avuso.com makes significant efforts to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the collected information. These measures may include the use of secure server technology. Be aware, however, that the Internet is not 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot ensure the security of any information transmitted over the Internet, and we accept no liability for any disclosure.
• Information Sharing with Third Parties
  Avuso.com will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties. We may collect aggregate data on our user base, which may be shared with third parties. This information will only be disclosed in aggregate form and will not uniquely identify you to third parties.
• Other Sharing of Information
  Avuso.com may release information when necessary to comply with the law or a court order or an investigation. Avuso.com also may release information to law enforcement to protect its rights, property, or other interests, including those of its customers or users or to prevent illegal activities or violations of Avuso.com's Terms of Use.
  In the event that Avuso.com, in whole or in part, establishes a partnership with another company, or is acquired by or merged with another company, collected information may be transferred to the partner or the acquiring or merging company.
• Child Protection
  Avuso.com does not offer services to, or target, persons under the age of 13. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, any information we receive from people we believe to be children under 13 will be purged from our database.
• Links to Advertisers and Other Web Sites
  Avuso.com may contain links to other web sites, including advertisers. In addition, user submissions may contain links to other web sites. Avuso.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of web publishers, advertisers, or other web sites that may be linked to the Avuso.com site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy. Please check the effective date to determine if the privacy policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Whenever we make significant changes, we will post advance notices on our website before we actually make the changes.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at support@hanperson.com.