Terms and Conditions
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OASIS Answers, Inc. may change these Terms & Conditions at any time without notice. Changes will be posted at www.oasisanswers.com under “Terms & Conditions”.
By accessing and using the OASIS Answers, Inc. website, www.oasisanswers.com (the “website”), you are agreeing to be legally bound by these Terms & Conditions. The terms “you” and “User” refer to anyone who accesses the OASIS Answers website.
Your use of the website after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms & Conditions and all of the changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions as modified by the posted changes.
USE OF THE OASIS ANSWERS WEBSITE
OASIS Answers hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to access and use the website under the terms set forth below.
The website and the content, including, but not limited to, text, data, reports, opinions, images, photos, graphics, graphs, charts, animations and video (the “Content”), displayed on the website, may be used only for your personal and non-commercial use. Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms & Conditions, you agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, or store any Content, in whole or in part, from the website or to display, perform, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast or circulate any Content to anyone, or for any commercial purpose, without the express prior written consent of OASIS Answers.
You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within the website.
The Content is the exclusive property of OASIS Answers or its licensors, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. All trade names, trademarks, service marks and other product and service names and logos on the website and within the Content are proprietary to their respective owners and are protected by applicable trademark and copyright laws. Any of the trademarks, service marks or logos (collectively, the “Marks”) displayed on the website may be registered or unregistered marks of OASIS Answers or others. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any of the Marks displayed on the website without the express written permission of OASIS Answers or a third-party owner of such Marks. Any unauthorized uses of the Marks or any other Content are strictly prohibited. To request permission to use any Content or other OASIS Answers material, please contact OASIS Answers at support@oasisanswers.com.
You shall honor all reasonable requests by OASIS Answers to protect OASIS Answers’ proprietary interests in the OASIS Answers website.
DISCLAIMER
The content and the website are provided “as is”, without any warranties. OASIS Answers makes no guarantees or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or correctness of or results to be obtained from, accessing and using the OASIS Answers website, content, nor any material that can be accessed (via a direct or indirect hyperlink or otherwise) through the OASIS Answers website. OASIS Answers hereby disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use and of noninfringement. OASIS Answers shall not be liable to the user or anyone else for any inaccuracy, delay, error or omission, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall OASIS Answers and/or its partners be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the OASIS Answers website, with the delay or inability to use the OASIS Answers website or related services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, products, services and related graphics obtained through the OASIS Answers website, or otherwise arising out of the use of the OASIS Answers website, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if OASIS Answers (or any of its affiliates) has been advised of the possibility of damages. In no event will OASIS Answers or partners be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such content or the website. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the OASIS Answers website, or with any of these terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the OASIS Answers website.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
You may, through hypertext or other computer links, gain access to websites operated by persons other than OASIS Answers. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only, and are the exclusive responsibility of such websites’ owners. You agree that OASIS Answers is not responsible for the content or operation of such websites, and that OASIS Answers shall have no liability to you or any other person or entity for the use of third party websites. Except as described below, a hyperlink from this website to another website does not imply or mean that OASIS Answers endorses the content on that website or the operator or operations of that site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other websites to which you link from the OASIS Answers website.
OASIS ANSWERS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
You become an authorized user of specifically ordered OASIS Answers information and/or products and services by accessing, downloading (even on a temporary basis) and/or using any OASIS Answers Products. For certain OASIS Answers products, you may be required to register by (1) completing the registration process; and (2) agreeing to all the provisions of the Terms & Conditions together with any terms and conditions and / or user agreements that are product specific.
ANTI-HACKING PROVISION
You expressly agree not to use this website in any manner or for any purpose that is prohibited by these terms and conditions. In addition, you expressly agree not to:
a. use the website for any purpose that is prohibited by any law or regulation, or to facilitate the violation of any law or regulation;
b. use or attempt to use any “deep-link,” “scraper,” “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “data mining,” “computer code” or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology or manual process having similar processes or functionality, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the website or any data or content found on or accessed through the website without prior express written consent;
c. obtain or attempt to obtain through any means any materials or information on the website that have not been intentionally made publicly available either by their public display on the website or through their accessibility by a visible link on the website;
d. in any way bypass or circumvent any other measure employed to limit or prevent access to the website or its content;
e. violate the security of the website or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to any server associated with this website, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
f. interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any activities conducted on or through the website, including accessing any data, content or other information prior to the time that it is intended to be available to the public on the website; or
g. take or attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of this website’s operators, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on the website or such operation’s infrastructure.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the website. We may, in our sole discretion, report actual or perceived violations of law to law enforcement or appropriate authorities. If we become aware, through a complaint or otherwise, of any potential or suspected violation of these Terms and Conditions, we may (but are not obligated to) conduct an investigation to determine the nature and extent of the suspected violation and the appropriate enforcement action, during which investigation we may suspend services to any customer being investigated and/or remove any material from our servers. You agree to cooperate fully with any such investigation. You acknowledge that violations of the Terms and Conditions could be subject to criminal or civil penalties.
You are entirely liable for activities conducted by you in connection with your browsing and use of the website. If you are dissatisfied with the Content or the website or with these Terms & Conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the Content and the website. OASIS Answers will not pay you any damages in connection with your browsing or use of the website.
TERMINATION
These Terms and Conditions are effective until terminated by OASIS Answers. OASIS Answers may terminate these Terms and Conditions with respect to you or any other third party without notice at any time for any reason. Upon termination, all rights granted in these Terms and Conditions shall immediately cease to exist and you must promptly discontinue all use of the Content and the website and destroy all copies of the Content downloaded by you. In addition, if we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have breached any of our Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to terminate access to the website and take any other action which we, in our sole discretion, deem to be appropriate. All terms that by their nature should survive termination of these Terms and Conditions will survive.
GENERAL
This website is controlled by OASIS Answers from its offices within the State of Washington, United States of America. OASIS Answers makes no representation that the Content is appropriate for use in other locations outside of the United States of America. Any claim relating to the Content will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, notwithstanding any conflicts of law principles, and the United States of America. You and OASIS Answers agree that and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the State and Federal Courts located in King County, Washington with respect to any such claim. You agree that regardless of any law or statute to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to the Site and these Terms and Conditions must be filed within one (1) year of the date the cause of action arose, or be barred as untimely. Any part of these Terms and Conditions that is unlawful, void or unenforceable will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. All waivers must be in writing. Any waiver or failure to enforce these Terms and Conditions on one occasion will not be deemed a waiver of any other provision or of such provision on any other occasion. You may not assign your rights or obligations granted under these Terms and Conditions without the prior written consent of OASIS Answers. Any attempted assignment or transfer without such prior written consent from OASIS Answers shall be null and void. The headings of sections of these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and are not to be used in interpreting these Terms and Conditions. In the event OASIS Answers is required to initiate legal proceedings to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions or you initiate any legal proceedings relating to these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all reasonable attorneys’ fees from the other party. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, and communication, whether written or oral. These Terms and Conditions may only be modified by OASIS Answers in writing
CONTACT INFORMATION
All requests for further information or for permission to reproduce any portions of the Content or website should be directed to: General Counsel, Carson & Noel, PLLC 20 Sixth Avenue NE, Issaquah, WA 98027-3428, PHONE: 425-837-4717; FAX: 425-837-5396.
These Terms of Conditions were last updated on May 3rd, 2017.