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The following is an outline of Company policy for Matching Monster terms of service for membership. By using the Matchingmonster.com site (Website), you are in agreement and have approved of these terms of service shall represent agreement by the member of understanding and for full compliance:

1. Acceptance of Terms of Service: Matching Monster reserves the right to update and change, from time to time, these Additional Terms and all documents incorporated by reference. You can always find the most recent version of this Addendum and the most recent version of the Matching Monster Terms of Service at www.matchingmonster.com.

2. Membership Subscription Payment Terms

Membership Subscription Fees:
Until further notice, all memberships for Matching Monster shall be free of charge
Payment for Membership Subscription Fees
All Membership Subscription Fees are on a Pre-Pay Basis Only. Upon submission of membership information via Matching Monster’s website, hard copy or membership representative, the member is responsible for and has agreed to the terms of payment and to provide full payment for monthly, annual or lifetime memberships.

Annual membership shall automatically be renewed at the end of the term.

Monthly membership shall automatically be renewed at the end of the term and payment shall be processed.

3. Cancellations – Two Types of Cancellations

Membership Subscription Cancellation within first Seventy-Two Hours:
You may cancel these Terms of Service, without any penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third day following the original date of this membership contract, excluding Sundays and federal holidays. To cancel this agreement under this Seventy-Two Hour Cancellation Policy, mail or deliver a signed and dated notice or send telegram with your FULL NAME, Matching Monster ID, BILLING ADDRESS USED FOR MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION and E-MAIL ADDRESS, which states that you, the member, are canceling this agreement, or words of similar effect. This notice shall be sent to: Matching Monster, Attn: Cancellations, 4237 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60618-2815.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING NOTICES WILL NOT BE PROCESSED: (A) NOTIFICATIONS MISSING YOUR FULL NAME, MATCHING MONSTER ID OR BILLING ADDRESS, (B) NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY E-MAIL, PHONE OR FACSIMILE, OR (C) NOTIFICATIONS MAILED OR TELEGRAMMED AFTER THE FIRST THREE BUSINESS DAYS OR YOUR MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION.

If you do not submit a proper, complete and timely notice, your membership subscription will not be cancelled and you will not receive a refund.
Membership Subscription Cancellation after first Seventy-Two Hours
To cancel your membership subscription after the first three business days of your membership subscription, sign in on www.matchingmonster.com with your member ID and password, Click Modify/View Profile and follow instructions to Cancel Membership.

4. Membership Term Definitions: All subscription based paying customers of Matching Monster shall be considered members. Membership will go into effect immediately following confirmation of payment.

Three (3) Day Unlimited Pass shall be effective from the date of payment processing and through the next consecutive three (3) days..
Monthly Non-Auto Renewal membership shall be effective from the date of payment processing and through the next consecutive thirty (30) days.
Monthly Auto Renewal membership shall be effective from the date of payment processing and through the next consecutive thirty (30) days. Monthly auto-renewal memberships shall be automatically renewed for the member’s convenience.
Six (6) Month membership shall be effective from date of payment processing and through the next consecutive one hundred eighty (180) days.
Annual membership. shall be effective from date of payment processing through 12 consecutive months. Annual memberships shall be automatically renewed for the member’s convenience.

6. Eligibility: Matching Monster has a minimum age requirement of 18 years old for membership. All Matching Monster events have a minimum age requirement of 21 years old for participation. All members must sign a waiver of liability at or before attending their first event or activity. Failure or refusal to do so shall void membership. Membership in Matching Monster is void where prohibited. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions herein.

7. Matching Monster Reservation of rights: Matching Monster expressly reserves the right to immediately modify, suspend or terminate Member's account and refuse current or future use of any Matching Monster service without explanation. Failure to abide by proper conduct or failure to provide full payment will result in forfeiture of event/membership participation. No refunds will be provided in such instances.

8. Member Demeanor: Matching Monster requests that all members conduct themselves in a ladylike or gentlemanly manner when writing profiles and using Matching Monster's other communication tools. Use of foul or offensive language is prohibited and such use can result in forfeiture of membership without any right to a refund. The following is a partial list of prohibited content for the Website that:

is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and
engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes

9. Member Disputes: You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Matching Monster Members. Matching Monster reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.

10. Non-Commercial Use of Matchingmonster.com: This Website is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Website for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

11. Universal Usage: By posting Content to any public area of Matchingmonster.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Matchingmonster.com an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.

12. Invalidity of Specific Terms: If any provision of these terms or any document incorporated by reference is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the such documents remain in full force and effect.

13. Disclaimers: Matching Monster is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Service, whether caused by users of the Website, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. Matching Monster is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Website or Member of the Service. Matching Monster assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or Member communications. Matching Monster is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to users and/or Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will Matching Monster be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Website or the Service, any Content posted on the Website or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the Website, whether online or offline. The Website and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and Matching Monster expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Matching Monster cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Website and/or the Service.

14. This User Agreement is made in the state of Illinois, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and of the state of Illinois. Any cause of action of the Member with respect to the Terms of Service must be instituted within one year after the claim or cause of action has arisen or be barred. Any and all such claims must be made in the jurisdiction of Cook County, Illinois. 15. Waiver of Liability: Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Matching Monster and its employees and directors, information providers, licensors, suppliers, agents, and ISPs against all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys fees, arising out of or related to any and all use of Matching Monster. This includes, without limitation, responsibility for all such consequences of User's (or that of any user of User's account) violation of this Membership Agreement.

15. Copyright Agreement: You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent 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 the 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 in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Matching Monster's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: General Counsel, Matching Monster, 4237 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60618-2815.

16. United States Export Control: Software from this Website (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Website or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other Country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

17. Right to Enforcement: This Agreement is for the benefit of Matching Monster and its employees and directors, information providers, licensors, suppliers, agents, and ISPs; and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly on its own behalf.

18. Correspondence: All questions and correspondences should be sent to: Matching Monster, 4237 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60618-2815 or call (773) 866-2955 during regular central time business hours.