Welcome to Beautiful Connections, LLC, Bella Liaisons, Beaux Liaisons, Amour Liaisons, Beaucoup Liaisons and La Cage Liaisons. We hope you enjoy your experience with us. By subscribing and using the services within any of these above websites, it constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. It is the responsibility of the member to review these policies and terms of use and understand the terms and conditions. In order to become a member of any website, owned and operated by Beautiful Connections, LLC, the member must accept these terms of use during the subscription process.
1. Representations: By agreeing and accepting these terms and becoming a member, you represent that you are at least 18-years of age and that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all the terms and conditions of this agreement.
2. Term of Agreement: This agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the websites and/or remain a member. You may terminate your membership at any time by unsubscribing for any reason or upon receipt of notification from Beautiful Connections, LLC. Termination may be sent to the e-mail or postal address provided during the registration process or through the unsubscribe process on your My Account page. If Beautiful Connections, LLC elects to terminate your membership due to a breach of any policies and procedures, the member is not entitled to any refund, in whole or in part, of any membership fees. After termination or cancellation of membership, all terms and conditions remain in full force and effect.
3. Account Uses: The member's account is for their sole, personal use. Members may not authorize others to use your membership, and you may not assign or transfer your membership to any other person or entity. This website may not be used for any commercial use. Organizations, companies and/or businesses may not become members and should not use this service for any purpose, other than those specifically designated by Beautiful Connections, LLC within our advertising contracts. Any illegal or unauthorized use of the websites, including collecting usernames or e-mail addresses of members electronically or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail and unauthorized framing of or linking to the websites, will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitations, civil, criminal and injunctive redress. Our company makes a good faith effort to prohibit memberships of any individual under the age of 18; and will not knowingly collect or store information from minors.
4. Rules of On-line Conduct: These rules must be strictly adhered. Any deviation or violation of these rules will subject the offender's membership to suspension or termination. You agree that:a. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish, display, or otherwise communicate in any manner (hereinafter, "post") on this Service, or transmit to other members.
b. The following is a partial list of Content that is either illegal or prohibited on any of our websites. You may NOT post any Content that is:
i. Defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, profane, obscene, offensive, threatening, tortuous, unlawful, harmful, vulgar, libelous, illegal, invasive of another's privacy, or otherwise objectionable;
ii. Patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
iii. Harasses, stalks, or advocates the harassment/stalking of another person;
iv. Promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities;
v. Impersonates a person or entity or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
vi. Infringes or violates another individual's rights, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights, rights or privacy or rights of publicity;
vii. Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
c. You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. Membership in and use of the service is void where prohibited. Content and/or membership must not violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law, or any regulation having the force of law. You may not transmit any material that you do not have a right to transmit under any applicable law or under contractual or fiduciary relationship.
d. Beautiful Connections, LLC reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor or pre-screen materials posted on or transmitted over our websites. However, we or our designees, have the right in our sole discretion to review, edit, delete or refuse to post any content submitted for display or placed on our websites, including but not limited to message board posts, profiles, photos, images, want-ads, and contest submissions. Without limiting any of the foregoing, we reserve the right to remove any content that violates this agreement, or in our sole discretion and opinion, violates any applicable law or either the letter or spirit of this agreement, that we believe may create liability for us, or that we deem is objectionable. The member agrees and acknowledges that we may preserve material and may disclose material if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process; enforce this agreement; respond to claims that any material violates the rights of third parties; or in our sole judgment, protect the rights, property or personal safety of our company, its members or the public.
e. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, any other Members to buy or sell any products or services through our websites. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk e-mails to other members. Such content includes, but is not limited to, advertisements, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation, except where specifically permitted, i.e. the Beautiful Connections stores for members and featured artists.
f. You may not include in your member or couple profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses.
g. You may not post any content that provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, promote physical harm or injury, how to engage in illegal conduct, or providing or creating computer viruses.
h. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members. You agree to take normal precautions when meeting individuals that you may have met through our websites. If unsure of another member's intentions, desires or expectations, it is wise to arrange meetings in public places and with a group or your own personal friends. Be safe!
i. You may not post, copy, modify, transmit, show in public or private, create any derivative works from, distribute or reproduce in any way, any copyrighted material, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent from the owner of such proprietary rights.
j. You may not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to the company or to any other member. If information provided subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading, or false, you agree to promptly notify the company of such changes.
k. You agree to promptly report to Beautiful Connections, LLC any violation of the Terms of Use by any other member.
5. Chat Code of Conduct: While participating in the chat rooms, it is unacceptable to harass, belittle, or criticize other members. Furthermore, members agree not to engage in sexual explicit conversations while in the main chat rooms. Offensive conduct or language, which may be interpreted by other members as racist, hateful, degrading or vicious, will not be tolerated. If a Member engages in any of the above activities, while in a chat room, he or she will receive a written warning informing them of the reported conduct. If a second offense is reported, the Member will be suspended from participating in the chat rooms for a period not to exceed seven (7) days. Upon the third violation of this Chat Code of Conduct, the Member will forfeit their membership and any fees paid. To report inappropriate conduct, please click on the link to Contact Us. Please choose “Report”, from the drop down box. When writing please, include the date and approximate time of the inappropriate behavior, the chat room name and the name of the offending member if known. Reporting inappropriate behavior is designed to protect our members; and is not intended to be used as a means to retaliate against other members. Any member who reports excessively without cause or intentionally misuses this ability or does so to harass another member, will likewise be suspended from participating in the chat rooms or forfeit their membership as outlined above.
6. Service: We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, our websites, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such action.
7. Proprietary Rights in Content on Beautiful Connections.com, BellaLiaisons.com, BeauxLiaisons.com, AmourLiaisons.com, BeaucoupLiaisons.com or LaCageLiaisons.com: Beautiful Connections, LLC owns and retains all proprietary rights in the websites and our service. The website contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of Beautiful Connections, LLC, and its licensors. In addition, other members may post copyrighted material or information, which has copyright protection whether or not it is identified as copyrighted. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display or sell any such proprietary information.
8. Public Areas: A Public Area on our websites is any area where you may submit material for viewing by others or view material submitted by other members, such as chat rooms, chat forums, message boards, entertainment, want-ads or profiles. In some areas, the submitted material may include the name, nickname or member name of the submitting party, as applicable. You agree to use the public areas in accordance with this agreement and any other policies within the website for posting materials in the public areas.a. By posting content or materials in any public area of our websites, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Beautiful Connections, LLC an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, translate, perform, display and distribute such information, material or content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information, material or content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You also agree to permit any other member of the websites to access, view, store, or reproduce the information, material or content for that member's personal use.
b. By posting content, information or materials to any public area, you agree to indemnify Beautiful Connections, LLC or our subsidiaries and hold it harmless from any and all claims, including but not limited to, claims for libel, slander, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement or otherwise, arising from such posting or submission.
9. Dealings with Advertisers: Any correspondence or business dealing with, or participation in promotions of, by a member with any advertiser found on or through our websites, including payment and delivery of related goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between the member and such advertiser. You agree that Beautiful Connections, LLC shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on our websites.
10. Links to Advertisers: Our offering of a link to any other site or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website, location or its content. We shall not be responsible for any information, software, or links found at any other website, internet location, or source of information, for your use of such information, or for business transactions conducted at or through any linked website, location or advertiser. The Company represents that any advertiser, that we believe or become aware, who violates our terms of use for advertisers and our mission, will lose their advertising rights and forfeit all communications with our members.
11. Disclaimers: It is expressly agreed by you, the member that the use of our websites and services offered is at your own risk. The websites and services are provided "as-is" and Beautiful Connections, LLC expressly disclaims any warranty, real or implied, of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement. Beautiful Connections, LLC cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from the use of our websites or services. Beautiful Connections, LLC is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate content posted on the websites or in connection with our services, whether caused by the members of the websites or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the service. Beautiful Connections, LLC is not responsible for the conduct, whether off-line or on-line, of any other member of the websites or services. Beautiful Connections, LLC under no circumstances will be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the websites or services, any content posted on the websites or transmitted to members, or any interactions between members of the websites, whether offline or online. Beautiful Connections, LLC does not represent or warrant that our websites and services will function or operate without interruption, that the websites are error or defect free, that any such errors or defects will be corrected, or that our website, services, servers or network are free of viruses or other harmful components. Additionally, Beautiful Connections, LLC does not represent or warrant that the results or use of any content, information or materials made available through the websites or from third parties will be correct, accurate, timely, reliable or otherwise. Beautiful Connections, LLC is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the websites, Web and/or in connection with our service.
12. Limitations of Liability: EXCEPT IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE SUCH PROVISIONS ARE RESTRICTED, IN NO EVENT SHALL BEAUTIFUL CONNECTIONS, LLC, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OR OUR PARTNERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITES OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE KNOW OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BEAUTIFUL CONNECTIONS, LLC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONTENT OR CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH OUR WEBSITES OR SERVICES, OR ANY PART THEREOF, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO TERMINATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY, ON ANY FORM OF ACTION WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR BREACH OF WARRANTY, EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
13. Allocation of Risk: You agree that the Disclaimers, Limitations of Liability and Warranties, and Indemnification provisions set forth in this agreement represent an agreed upon allocation of risk and form an essential part of the basis of the bargain, without which Beautiful Connections, LLC and its subsidiaries would not enter into this agreement or provide these websites.
14. Unauthorized Users: It may be possible that other members (including unauthorized members or "hackers") post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on our websites and that you may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials or content. It may also be possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of the websites or services, and that the "hacker" may use such information to harass or injure you. Beautiful Connections, LLC is not responsible for the use of any personal information that you disclose on the websites. Please carefully select the type of information that you post on the service or release to others.
15. Indemnification: You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Beautiful Connections, LLC, BeautifulConnections.com, BellaLiaisons.com, BeauxLiaisons.com, AmourLiaisons.com, BeaucoupLiaisons.com, LaCageLiaisons.com, our subsidiaries, our partners, our subcontractors, including their respective owners, directors, officers, investors, employees, agents and third parties, from and against any losses, costs, liabilities, damages, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) relating to or arising out of your use or anyone using your membership, of the websites or services, including any breach by you of the terms of this agreement.
16. Venue, Jurisdiction and Choice of Law: You agree that the laws of the State of Colorado and the United States shall govern this agreement, and that any dispute arising out of or relating to this agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the District of Colorado, Adams County. You hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts for such purpose, not withstanding your actual place of residence.
17. Modification of Terms of Use: You agree that Beautiful Connections, LLC may change these Terms of Use (agreement), unilaterally, at any time. If changes are made to these terms, Beautiful Connections, LLC will place a notice in a conspicuous place within our websites to notify the members. Your continued use of the websites or services after the notice of the modifications is posted will constitute your acceptance of such revised terms of use.
18. Entirety of this Agreement: These Terms of Use, in connection with our Privacy Policy, encompasses and contains the entire agreement between you and Beautiful Connections, LLC regarding the use of the websites or services. If any portion of this agreement is deemed invalid by a court of law, the remainder of the agreement shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use supersedes any and all prior agreements, negotiations or communications, whether written or oral, between you and Beautiful Connections, LLC concerning the subject matter of these terms of use. These terms survive after the expiration or termination of any membership to our websites or services.
19. Contact Us: If you have any questions or concerns regarding the terms, policies, conditions or statements contained within these Terms of Use, please Contact Us.