Terms & Conditions of Use

The following Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Agreement”) constitutes an agreement between You and The Relief Virtual Assistance, d/b/a The Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce ("VACOC"), operator of the website “virtualassistantnetworking.com” (the “Website”).

Your use of the website and the services provided on it are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which forms a legally binding contract between VACOC and You.

VACOC may amend the terms of this Agreement at any time by providing You with notice of such amendment, and Your continued use of the website will constitute Your acceptance of such amendment.

Please read this Agreement carefully. This Agreement limits VACOC’s liability and may substantively affect Your rights.

1. Use of the Website

Permitted Use of the Website: Use of and access to the Website is limited by the terms of this Agreement. You agree:

• Not to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Website for any purpose without VACOC’s express written permission.
  
  
• Not to take any action that imposes, or may impose in VACOC’s sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on VACOC’s servers or other infrastructure, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper operation of the Website or any activities conducted on the Website.
  
  
• Not to copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content from the Website, including but not limited to “framing” Websites content within another site or “hotlinking” to any Website content, without the prior express written permission of VACOC.
  
  
• To use the Website only for lawful purposes, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with Your use of the Website.

Termination of Use: VACOC may at its sole discretion terminate or limit Your use of the Website for violation of any of the rules contained in this Agreement, or for any conduct, whether by act or omission, which in VACOC’s sole opinion adversely impacts the Website or VACOC’s interests. VACOC may so terminate or limit Your use of the Website without prior notice to You. If such termination or limitation is for reasonable cause, VACOC will not be obligated to refund any fees paid by You in connection with the use of the Website or the services provided on it.

2. User Accounts

Access to certain areas of the Website, and content and services contained therein, may require the creation of a User Account having a unique user name and an associated password. You are responsible for securely maintaining your username and password and for all activities of persons accessing the Website using Your User Account. In connection with your User Account, you must maintain and provide to VACOC a valid email address through which VACOC will communicate with you.

3. Services

VACOC may provide services in connection with the Website. VACOC will make its best efforts to ensure that such services are available, operate correctly and are free from malicious code (e.g., computer viruses). You agree to release and hold harmless VACOC for any damages arising out of Your use of the Website, including but not limited to the unavailability, failure or improper operation of services provided in connection with the Website.

4. Fees for Content and Services

VACOC provides via the Website content and services free of charge (“Free Content and Services”). VACOC may alter the scope of Free Content and Services and/or may discontinue the provision of any of the Free Content and Services at any time. VACOC will not charge You for any content or services unless You first consent to such charges, and You will not be allowed to access any non-free content or services without first agreeing to the charges associated with such content or services.

5. User Provided Site Content

User Provided Content: VACOC may publish information provided to it by users of the Website (“User Provided Content”). VACOC is not affiliated with any party providing User Provided Content and acts only as a venue for such User Provided Content. VACOC does not warrant the truth or accuracy of User Provided Content. You agree to release and hold harmless VACOC for any damages arising out of false or inaccurate User Provided Content.

Alteration and Removal of User Provided Content: VACOC may alter or remove without prior notice to You any User Provided Content, including without limitation any which in its sole discretion is false, inaccurate or materially misleading or which in its sole discretion is profane or offensive.

Content Provided by You: You hereby grant VACOC an irrevocable, world-wide, exclusive, perpetual license to any information, material or works that You submit to VACOC, including without limitation any information, material or works submitted: (i) in connection with any forum hosted by or on behalf of VACOC; or (ii) for publication in any newsletter published by VACOC, including among others the Gritty Business Buzz. Without limiting the foregoing, the license grant includes the right in VACOC: (i) to republish the information, materials or works in any form; and (ii) to edit, alter or created derivative works of the information, materials or works. You are solely liable for the content of any information, material or works that You submit to VACOC, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless VACOC for any damages or actions arising out of such information, material or works You submit.

6. Third Party Content

VACOC may provide content authored by third parties such as commentary, articles, and audio and audio-visual content (“Third Party Content”). The views expressed in Third Party Content are those of the authors of such content and not necessarily of VACOC. VACOC will not be liable for the truth or accuracy of Third Party Content.

7. Privacy

Personal Information: VACOC may collect personal information from You in connection with Your registration and/or use of the Website. VACOC will use Your Personal Information only in connection with the provision of content and services to You and to communicate with You. VACOC will not share your Personal Information with any third party except under the following circumstances: (i) as required by valid legal process; or (ii) to enforce the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, VACOC will provide your Personal Information to any successor in interest of the business conducted by VACOC in connection with any of the Website or the services provided in connection with any of the Website.

Aggregate Information: VACOC may use non-personally identifiable information, including aggregate information, to improve the Website and users’ experiences with the Website, including but not limited to, using such information in connection with website design and testing. VACOC may use non-personally identifiable information to identify products or services which may be of general interest to users, and may share such information with third parties in connection with advertising, marketing and the like.

Maintenance of Information: VACOC will make its best efforts to maintain all user information securely. You agree to release and hold harmless VACOC for any damages arising out of any failure of such efforts.

8. VACOC Intellectual Property

The Website contains intellectual property that is subject to various protections under applicable state and federal law. You agree not to violate any valid intellectual property rights in connection with Your use of the Website. “VACOC”, “Virtual Assistance”, “Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce”, “The Relief Virtual Assistance”, the star-parallelogram logo and the domain names derived therefrom are trademarks of VACOC. Websites Content and Websites layout are copyright VACOC. The visual appearance of the Website is protected trade dress of VACOC under 15 U.S.C. § 1125 et seq.

9. Rights of Intellectual Property Owners

DMCA Compliance: VACOC respects the intellectual property rights of others, and operates the Website in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 et seq. Notices and Counter Notices under the DMCA may be sent to VACOC by postal mail to: Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce, Attention: DMCA Compliance Office, PO Box 7101, Tacoma WA 98417, or by email to: dmca@virtualassistantnetworking.com.

Notices and Counter Notices: Owners of intellectual property rights, including but not limited to rights in the nature of trademark, patent or copyright (“Rights Owners”), who believe Your User Provided Content or other content You provide infringe their intellectual property rights may send notice to VACOC’s Designated Agent requesting that VACOC remove Your User Provided Content or other content You provide the Website. Upon receiving a valid request from such an owner, VACOC will remove the allegedly infringing User Provided Content or other content You provide and notify You in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512. Upon receiving a notification pursuant to the preceding paragraph, You may counter notify VACOC in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512.

10. Warranties and Limitations of Liability

VACOC HEREBY WAIVES ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR AN INTENDED USE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE.

Limitation on Liability: Without limiting the foregoing, VACOC shall not be liable to You or any other person or entity for any general, punitive, special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages, or lost profits or any other damages, costs or losses arising out of Your use of Websites or otherwise, even if VACOC has been advised of the possibility of such damages, costs or losses. In no event will VACOC’s liability to You or any other person or entity exceed the amounts paid by You under this Agreement.

11. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising out of use of the Website or this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You hereby agree to personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Washington, and agree not to bring any action against VACOC in any other jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the rights of VACOC to initiate an action against You in any other jurisdiction where such jurisdiction may be properly exercised.

12. Miscellaneous Provisions

Entire Agreement: This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between You and VACOC and supersedes and cancels any prior agreement, express or implied, written or oral, with respect to its subject matter. No modification, deletion, amendment of any provision by You will be binding unless VACOC agrees to such modification, deletion or amendment in writing.

No Waiver: No waiver of any default under this Agreement will apply to any subsequent default, whether of a similar nature or not, nor will any such waiver be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement.

Severability: If any provision, or portion thereof, of this Agreement, or its application to any person or circumstance, be found invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, such provision and their application will not be affected thereby, but will be interpreted without such unenforceable provision or portion thereof so as to give effect, insofar as is possible, to the original intent of the parties, and will otherwise be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.