Terms and Conditions
All services provided by I Love Mahj ("ilovemahj.com") may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States federal, state or city law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secret and other statute. The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ilovemahj.com from any claims resulting from the use of service which damages the user or any other party.Not a Gambling Site
While ilovemahj.com allows for users to manage and track their mah jongg games, as well as play online friendly games, no gambling of any kind takes place on the site itself. Users are responsible for following their own local state and federal laws that may apply.Illegal Activity
Prohibited are content that promote any illegal activity or present content that may be damaging to ilovemahj.com's servers, or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.Examples of unacceptable content or links:
- posts that contain illegal and/or copyrighted information
- links to pirated software
- links to malicious programs such as spyware, adware, and viruses
Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, ilovemahj.com is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the "Content") and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks") are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, foreign jurisdictions, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site "AS IS" for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.
Server Abuse
Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server or user of ilovemahj.com is strictly prohibited. As a user you are responsible for your account. Should you violate the Terms of Services outlined within, your account will be disabled and/or deleted.Refusal of Service
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel or suspend any accounts for any reason, at our sole discretion. No refund will be offered.Limitation of Liability
ilovemahj.com shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from ilovemahj.com going off-line or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Furthermore, ilovemahj.com shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption or deletion of any content from ilovemahj.com's servers.Violations
Violations of these Acceptable Use Policies should be referred to the contact form using the subject "File a Complaint". All complaints will be investigated promptly. Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation.Account Activation
By activating your account with ilovemahj.com, you agree to the above policies and disclaimer. Upon requesting activation of an account, you are required to accept these policies, guidelines and disclaimer. ilovemahj.com reserves the right to amend any or all of the above policies, guidelines and disclaimer without notification.Privacy
ilovemahj.com collects user information to display on the user's profile page as well as for internal use. Certain information, such as your name may be displayed on group pages and visible to group members. Other information such as your email address, phone or address are only displayed to group members and only in the context of a planned game. No information will be shared or sold to any third parties.We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site.
Fees and Payment
We accept the following forms of payment:
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- Discover
You may be required to purchase or pay a fee to access some of our services. You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Site. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. We bill you through an online billing account for purchases made via the Site. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may change prices at any time. All payments shall be in U.S. dollars.
You agree to pay all charges or fees at the prices then in effect for your purchases, and you authorize us to charge your chosen payment provider for any such amounts upon making your purchase. If your purchase is subject to recurring charges, then you consent to our charging your payment method on a recurring basis without requiring your prior approval for each recurring charge, until you notify us of your cancellation.
We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes in pricing, even if we have already requested or received payment. We also reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Site.
Free Trial
We offer a 14-day free trial to new users who register with the Site. The account will not be charged and the subscription will be suspended until upgraded to a paid version at the end of the free trial.
Cancellation
Users may subscribe to monthly or yearly payments for use of part of the site. You are responsible for canceling your membership if and when you no longer wish to use these features. While ilovemahj.com will make a best effort to handle all support issues, users accept the site as-is knowing that because the site is an online service, there may be temporary downtimes associated with scheduled maintenance, loss of network connection, and possibly other unforeseen problems.
You can cancel your subscription at any time by contacting us using the contact information provided below or by turning of auto-renew on your My Account page. Your cancellation will take effect at the end of the current paid term, and no refund will be offered for unused portion of the current term.
If you are unsatisfied with our services, please email us at info@ilovemahj.com.
DISCLAIMER
THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE'S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING . CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms and Conditions; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms and Conditions; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
Acceptable Use Policy
When users disseminate information from the Internet, they must keep in mind that ilovemahj.com does not review, edit, censor or take responsibility for any information its users may create. When users place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation and other harmful speech. Also, because the information created is carried over ilovemahj.com's network and may reach a large number of people, including both users and non-users of ilovemahj.com, users' postings to the Internet may affect other users and may affect ilovemahj.com's goodwill, business, reputation or operations.For these reasons, users violate ilovemahj.com policy and the Service Agreement when they engage in the following prohibited activities:
Spamming
Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial information repeatedly through ilovemahj.com's messaging system or repeatedly submitting similar posts to the system. It is not only harmful because of its negative impact on attitudes toward ilovemahj.com, but also because it can overload ilovemahj.com's network and disrupt service to ilovemahj.com's users. When a complaint is received, ilovemahj.com will investigate and shutdown the account that is SPAMing. Furthermore ilovemahj.com reserves the right to prosecute for this violation.Obscene Speech or Materials
Using ilovemahj.com to advertise, transmit, store, post, display, or otherwise make available child pornography or obscene speech or material is prohibited. ilovemahj.com is required by law to notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on or being transmitted through its network.Defamatory or Abusive Language
Using ilovemahj.com as a means to transmit or post negative, defamatory, harassing, abusive or threatening language.Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Accounts
Accessing, illegally or without authorization, accounts belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of another individual's account (often known as "hacking"). Also, any activity that may be used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e., port scan, stealth scan or other information-gathering activity).Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses or Other Destructive Activities
Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mail bombing or denial of service attacks. Also, activities that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively use I Love Mahj or any connected network, system, service or equipment.Other Activities
Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that ilovemahj.com determines to be harmful to its users, operations, reputation, goodwill or customer relations.As we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding harmful activities just described rests primarily with the users. ilovemahj.com will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor the communications of its users to ensure that they comply with ilovemahj.com's policy or applicable law. However, when ilovemahj.com becomes aware of harmful activities, it may take any action to stop the harmful activity, including, but not limited to, removal of information, shutting down an account, implementing screening software designed to block offending transmissions, denying access to the site, or any other action deemed appropriate by ilovemahj.com.
ilovemahj.com will not intentionally monitor private messages sent or receive by its users, unless required to do so by law, governmental authority or when public safety is at stake. ilovemahj.com may, however, monitor its service electronically to determine that its facilities are operating satisfactorily. Also, ilovemahj.com may disclose information, including, but not limited to, information concerning a users, a transmission made using our network, or a web site, in order to comply with a court order, subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation or governmental request. ilovemahj.com assumes no obligation to inform the user that user information has been provided and, in some cases, may be prohibited by law from giving such notice. Finally, ilovemahj.com may disclose user information or information transmitted over its network where necessary to protect ilovemahj.com and others from harm, or where such disclosure is necessary to the proper operation of the system. However, ilovemahj.com will never sell information to other services or outside companies.
Privacy Policy
This policy demonstrates our commitment to protect your information.The following information is collected from individuals that register with ilovemahj.com: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Address (optional, only required if hosting a game at your home), Telephone Number (optional, only required if hosting a game), Picture (optional), Gender (optional).
All of the above mentioned information is shared with the director(s)/administrator(s) of the ilovemahj.com group(s) that an individual joins, or requests to join. The First Name and Last Name will be displayed to group members on the group's page but will not be available for public viewing on the ilovemahj.com website.
ilovemahj.com will never share the above information with any third parties.
Group director(s)/administrator(s) have the ability to add an individual's First Name, Last Name, and Email Address to their respective mah jongg group(s). A group membership notification message is sent to individuals that have been added to a mah jongg group by a director/administrator. The group membership notification message includes the instructions necessary for an individual to cancel a membership with a mah jongg group.
ilovemahj.com allows group director(s)/administrator(s) to send email messages to their respective mah jongg group members. If you do not wish to receive group email messages, contact info@ilovemahj.com to cancel your group membership.
Cookies, Web beacons, and Other Information Collected Using Technology
I Love Mahj uses "cookies" to enable you to sign in to the Site and to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by the domain server that issued you the cookie. I Love Mahj uses cookies to store your preferences and enhance your online experience. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not have access to certain areas of the Site that depend on cookies. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.Information Automatically Collected
For site maintenance, optimization, security and other legally permissible purposes, our servers (or third party servers) may collect certain information about website visitors automatically. Such information may include visitors' IP address, browser type, date, time and duration of visit and particular pages viewed, and such other information as is permitted by law.New Technology
The use of technology on the Internet is rapidly evolving, as is I Love Mahj's use of new technology. I Love Mahj reserves the right to change this policy at any time without any additional notice to the user. As a result, I Love Mahj strongly encourages individuals to revisit this privacy policy from time to time for any updates regarding its use of technology. Use of any I Love Mahj website constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of I Love Mahj's Privacy Policy and I Love Mahj's right to modify such Privacy Policy without additional notice.No Information Collected from Children
I Love Mahj will never knowingly or intentionally collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. If I Love Mahj obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from its database. Because it does not knowingly or intentionally collect such information, to the best of I Love Mahj's knowledge and belief, I Love Mahj has no such information to use or to disclose to a third party. I Love Mahj has designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.Credit Card Information
I Love Mahj may in certain cases collect credit card numbers and related information, such as the expiration date of the card ("Credit Card Information") when an individual places an order from I Love Mahj. When the Credit Card Information is submitted to I Love Mahj, such information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. I Love Mahj will use the Credit Card Information for purposes of processing and completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete the purchase transaction.Storage of Individual Information
I Love Mahj stores Individual Information in a database on I Love Mahj computers. I Love Mahj computers have security measures (such as firewalls) in place to reasonably protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under I Love Mahj's control. Notwithstanding such measures, I Love Mahj cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent I Love Mahj computers from being illegally accessed, and the Individual Information on them stolen or altered.Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted here.