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preople.com/ terms and conditions

Welcome to preople.com/, an online personal search & compare and personal (blog) page service, operated by Meganova BV, Gebouw Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 1011 AD Amsterdam, the Netherlands. By using the preople.com/ online search, compare & challenge service and/or the personal Preople pages (the "preople.com/ service"), you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service") as well as the general terms & conditions of Meganova BV, which can be found at www.meganova.nl.

Changes to preople.com/ and terms and conditions

We reserve the right to modify or terminate the preople.com/ service for any reason, and without notice, without liability to you or any third party. We also reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service from time to time without notice. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Service to check for possible changes.

Appropriate conduct and content; personal use only

The preople.com/ service is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. Unless agreed upon otherwise in writing, businesses, organizations or other legal entities may not use the preople.com/ service for any purpose.

You may not use the preople.com/ service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links and other content ("Materials") that you submit, post, and display on the preople.com/ service. You grant us a non-exclusive non-revocable license to use the Materials on this website and any affiliated websites.

You shall refrain from submitting Materials that are discriminating, offensive or otherwise illegal or which infringe the rights of third parties. We shall have the right to immediately remove such Materials.

In addition you may not modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the preople.com/ service nor remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the preople.com/ service or use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion or the preople.com/ service. You may not reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the preople.com/ service or creating or transmitting unwanted electronic communications such as "spam," or chain letters to third parties.

We may, but shall have no obligation to, remove Materials that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or infringes or violates any party's intellectual property or other proprietary rights or these Terms of Service.

We reserve the right, especially in respect to the Preople Personal Pages, to limit the amount of materials that you can upload to a personal Preople page/blog

Privacy & Data protection

preople.com/ does not collect personal data when you use the Preople search functionality and shall not, without your explicit written consent, make any use of your email address or provide any personal data, such as an email address, to third parties. The use of email address in the compare service is only used for the purpose of sending compare results to you and your preople.com/ opponent. Thereafter, your email address and that of your opponent is removed from any temporary database. Personal data and/or mail addresses are collected when submitting Materials to the website of preople.com/,  and when you operate a personal profile page and/or blog. The data is only used to identify you as a party submitting Materials and, in case of a personal profile page or blog, to be able to render any associated services. Such personal data will not be provided to any third party without your explicit written consent nor will it be used to send unsollicated communications.

preople.com/'s proprietary rights

By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the preople.com/ service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.

preople.com/ own and retain all rights in the preople.com/ Web site and service, which contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Except as expressly authorized by preople.com/, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display or sell any of preople.com/'s proprietary information. "Preople" and "preople.com/" are trademarks of Meganova BV

Disclaimer of warranties

Meganova BV and its affiliates ("Meganova") disclaim any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of information or materials displayed on the preople.com/ service. Meganova disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct of third parties on the website.

Hold harmless and indemnity

You agree to hold harmless and indemnify Meganova from and against any third party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the preople.com/ service (including but not limited to the personal Preople pages ) including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages of every kind and nature.

Limitation of liability

Meganova BV shall not be liable for any (direct or indirect) damages, however occasioned and whether in contract or in tort. More specific we are not liable for loss of data submitted/uploaded to your personal Preople page/weblog. Some countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of damages in which case any liability for damages and cost shall be limited to EURO 1.000,-.

Governing Law and Forum

The preople.com/ service is governed by the Laws of the Netherlands. Any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement, shall only be submitted to the competent court in Amsterdam

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