Terms of use

1. DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

1.1. Paw To Paw LLC. is the exclusive owner and operator of pawtopaw.net.

1.2. “Service(s)” refers to your use of the Website for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to: creating a profile, looking through other people’s profiles, and communicating. Paw To Paw LLC. may offer additional services or revise any of the Services at its discretion, and this Agreement will apply to all additional Services or revised Services. Paw To Paw LLC. also reserves the right to cease offering any of the Services.

1.3. “You” refers to the user of the Website and its related services according to the present Terms of Use.

1.4. “User Content” stands for the material that you publish on the App or send to other members except for personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, password).

2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

2.1. This Agreement was last updated on January 15, 2023.

2.2. The website located at pawtopaw.net is managed and maintained by Paw To Paw LLC. By using our Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this “Agreement”). We encourage you to periodically review these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use the Site.

2.3. We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time. The modified Agreement will become effective and will apply to your subscription upon our posting it on the Website. Your continued use of our Service after a modification has been posted shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of any such modification.

3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PAW TO PAW LLC

3.1. Monitoring of information. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your interests in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

We reserve the right to monitor all advertisements, public postings and messages to ensure that they conform to content guidelines that are monitored by us and subject to change from time to time.

3.2. No responsibility. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for interruption or suspension of the Service, regardless of the cause of the interruption or suspension.

4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF USERS

4.1. Eligibility. You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use this Website or the Services in any manner. By visiting the Website or accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to Paw To Paw LLC. that you: (i) are 18 years of age or older, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by the Agreement; (ii) will use the Website in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations; and (iii) have not been convicted of any felony and are not required to register as a sex offender with any government authority.

4.2. Exclusive Use. Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Paw To Paw LLC. is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your username and password.

4.3. Code of conduct. You agree to use the Service in accordance with the following Code of Conduct:

You shall keep all information provided to you through the Service as private and confidential and shall not give such information to anyone without the permission of the person who provided it to you.

You shall not use the Service to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behavior, including but not limited to the posting of communications, pictures or recordings which contain libelous, slanderous, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise offensive language.

You shall not forward chain letters through the Service.

You shall not use the Service to infringe the privacy rights, property rights, or any other rights of any person.

You shall not post messages, pictures or recordings or use the Service in any way that:

- violates, plagiarizes or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any copyright or trademark law, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights, or

- is fraudulent or otherwise unlawful or violates any law.

You shall not use the Service to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.

You shall not use the Service to distribute or upload any virus, or malicious software of any type, or do anything else that might cause harm to the Service, the Website, Paw To Paw LLC, its systems, or any other members’ systems in any way.

4.4. Security. You agree to immediately notify Paw To Paw LLC. of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any unauthorized access to your account. For your own security, it is advisable to log out when you finish each use of the Services, especially if you are using a public computer or share a computer with others. When logging into the Services using a public computer please use caution to prevent other people from learning your username and password.

4.5. Account deletion. If you decide to be removed from the Website, you may delete your account and all information contained in the account including your ID and URL to the profile page. In that case, your photographs, first name, last name, nickname, age and birthdate, and any other information including personal contact information will be deleted from the Website and effectively blocked on the Partner Pages.

4.6. External links. The Service may contain links to other Internet sites and resources (“External Links”). You acknowledge that we are not responsible for and have no liability as a result of the availability of External Links or their contents.

You understand that by using any of the External Links, you may encounter content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable, content which may or may not be identified as having explicit language, and that the results of any search or entering of a particular URL may automatically and unintentionally generate links or references to objectionable material.

You agree to use the External Links at your sole risk and that Paw To Paw LLC. shall not have any liability to you for content that may be found to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable. It shall be your sole and exclusive obligation to prevent children and other persons from viewing or accessing any inappropriate content that may be included in or available through any External Links.

By using External Links, you acknowledge and agree that Paw To Paw LLC.  is not responsible for examining or evaluating the content, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect of such materials at External Links. Paw To Paw LLC. does not warrant or endorse and does not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any External Links or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties.

Paw To Paw LLC. shall not be responsible for the contents of, updates to, or privacy practices of third parties operating External Links, which may differ from those of Paw To Paw LLC. The personal data you may choose to give to such third parties are not covered by Paw To Paw LLC's privacy policies. Some third party companies may choose to share their personal data with  Paw To Paw LLC, in which case such data sharing shall be governed by that third party’s privacy policy.

You understand and agree that your use of External Links may result in harmful or unwanted content or malicious software infecting or interacting with your computer or mobile device. You accept all risk in connection with such External Links, and you agree that Paw To Paw LLC. shall have no responsibility to you in the event your computer or mobile device is affected in any way by your use of External Links.

4.7. Disclosure by law. You acknowledge and agree that Paw To Paw LLC. may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law, at the request of a third party, or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to (i) comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law); (ii) protect or defend Paw To Paw LLC's, or a third party’s, rights or property; or (iii) protect someone’s health or safety, such as when harm or violence against any person (including the user) is threatened.

5. PAID MEMBERSHIPS 

5.1. Memberships start at $20.95 USD for Silver Package and $24.95 USD for Premium Package. 

5.2. If you would like to cancel your subscription from rebilling, please contact us at Pawtopal@gmail.com.

6. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

6.1. If you believe that any material or content distributed by Paw To Paw LLC. constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on our Website; your address, telephone number and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information about you is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

7. TERMINATION

7.1. Either you or Paw To Paw LLC. may terminate your account at any time, for any reason or no reason, without explanation, effective upon sending written notice to the other party. Paw To Paw LLC. reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate your access to any of the Services, without notice, for any reason or no reason. We also reserve the right to remove your account information or data from our Services and any other records at any time at our sole discretion. You may terminate your account by following these steps: log in to your profile account on the Site, go to Settings and click the link ‘Delete profile permanently’.

8. CONTACT INFORMATION

The Site and the Service are operated by Paw To Paw LLC. Communications relating to the Site or Service should be sent to info@pawtopaw.net.