TERMS OF USE

Silver Planet® is a Web site designed and intended as a resource for those aged 55 and older. We encourage you to browse the site and to download or print the materials for your personal use, provided that you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the site. Browsing the site does not grant you any rights to the intellectual property rights of Silver Planet. Remember, you may not copy, modify, distribute, or sell any material on this site for commercial or public purposes without explicit written permission from Silver Planet. Please carefully review the Terms of Use set forth below. By accessing and browsing this site, you are agreeing to all of these terms and conditions without limitation or exception. If you do not agree with any of the Terms of Use, please do not use this site. Silver Planet reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time, and by continuing to use the site after we post a change, you will be deemed to have accepted the new Terms of Use. Therefore, you should check these Terms of Use frequently for updates.

Use of the Site

This site is intended as a resource for personal use. You agree not to modify, distribute, display, or exploit the contents of this site in any way, except as authorized on this page.

Although Silver Planet will make reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the site, this may not always be possible. Silver Planet does not guarantee that this site will operate free of error or interruption.

Everything on the site is provided to you “AS AVAILABLE” AND "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY PROVIDING CONTENT VIA THIS SITE SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS SITE.

Responsible Conduct

You agree to act responsibly at this site and to treat other members/visitors with respect. You agree not to use this site to harass, harm, or abuse other people directly or indirectly through information obtained from this site.

Written Submissions to the Site

We welcome submissions and contributions to the site from our members; however, we reserve the right to accept or reject the submissions in whole or in part. When you contact us about writing an article for the site, you will receive information about our submission policy and will be asked to comply with the terms of the policy. We also reserve the right to edit materials submitted. Editing prior to publishing may be for the purpose of improving readability and satisfying space constraints on the site. Such revisions may include, without limitation, the correction of spelling and grammatical errors, revision of content, and the elimination of any material Silver Planet deems to be inappropriate, unlawful, or obscene.

Any material or communication submitted by electronic or other means will be treated as nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Silver Planet is free to use any ideas, concepts, or work you submit in any manner and in any medium or method of distribution whatsoever, subject to the submission policy. Unless we have agreed in writing beforehand to other terms, you agree to grant Silver Planet a nonexclusive, fully paid, royalty-free, and perpetual worldwide license to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly display, store, reproduce, reformat, transmit, and distribute your written submissions. These submissions can be in the form of a blog, a story, an article, a forum entry, a comment, or other written form, or they may be in the form of an image, photograph, or video. A backup or residual copy of your submission may remain on Silver Planet’s servers even if your submission is removed from the site, and Silver Planet retains rights to those copies. You represent and warrant that (a) you own the submission submitted by you to Silver Planet’s Web site and (b) the posting of your submission on or through Silver Planet’s site does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any submission posted by you to or through Silver Planet’s Web site.

Types of Submissions Not Accepted

We do not accept or knowingly publish materials that are illegal, libelous, profane, vulgar, or pornographic. Silver Planet does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, familial status, military status, or disability. From time to time, we may request information from our members for member surveys or other topics of interest to members. Silver Planet will not solicit information in a way that knowingly discriminates against any group or intentionally violates any laws, including the Fair Housing Act.

Posting of Accurate and Proper Information Only

To maintain the overall integrity of data within the site, Silver Planet requests that users refrain from posting inaccurate information of any kind. Silver Planet cannot guarantee that all data and information within this site are accurate. Silver Planet does not verify the identity of people posting comments to this site, except to require that the person posting has registered on Silver Planet. If Silver Planet discovers inaccurate information that has been submitted, we may, at our election, delete such information and ban the user from the site. The site is open to the public. Disclose only what you feel comfortable disclosing. If the posting is public, anyone can read your postings. Post only information that you want the public, or those members you have selected in your profile, to see. In addition, do not post any of the following:

• Someone else’s contact information without his or her permission

• Commercial advertisements

• For-sale ads

• Fund-raising requests

• Inflammatory material

• Links to personal or profession Web sites with questionable content

Uploading of Photos, Graphics, and Video Content

You are solely responsible for the photos, profiles (including your name and images), video, music, and other content (“User Content”) that you upload, publish, or display (“post”) on or through the site or that you transmit to or share with other users. Do not post, transmit, or share any content that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post. By uploading any content to this site, you thereby give permission to Silver Planet to review any and all of the content, and you also give permission to Silver Planet to remove or delete the content without advance notice to you, for any or no reason at all, including that Silver Planet determines, in its sole discretion, that the content violates this Agreement.

When you post User Content to the site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies as we consider necessary to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the site. By posting User Content to any part of the site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, Silver Planet a nonexclusive, fully paid, transferable, royalty-free, and perpetual worldwide license (and right to sublicense) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly display, store, reproduce, reformat, transmit, and distribute your User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the site and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content. You may remove your User Content from the site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire; however, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. Silver Planet does not assert any ownership over your User Content; rather, as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in these Terms, you retain full ownership of all of your User Content and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your User Content.

Protection of Children

Silver Planet complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. To ensure that we do not collect personally identifying information from children under the age of 13, Silver Planet’s submission process does not allow persons under the age of 13 to submit information to the Web site.

Limited License/Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Restrictions

All materials provided in emails or Web pages generated by Silver Planet, including, but not limited to, information, documents, content, products, graphics, sounds, images, and software, are provided either by Silver Planet or its third-party licensors and are protected by Silver Planet or its third-party licensors’ copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws. In particular, Silver Planet™, the Silver Planet logo, and all other Silver Planet–based marks are trademarks of MySeniors, LLC, or Silver Planet; you agree not to use any such trademarks without the prior written permission of Silver Planet.

You are hereby granted a nonexclusive license to use the material at this site (“Content”) while connected to this site. You are also granted a limited license to print any Content posted at the site, but only for your personal use. Except as expressly provided above, all rights are reserved. Except to the extent required for the limited purpose of reviewing material on our site, electronic reproduction, adaption, distribution, performance, or display is prohibited. Changes to, or deletion of, copyright notices is prohibited. Commercial use of any of the Content is strictly prohibited. Use of any of our trademarks as metatags on other Web sites is strictly prohibited. You may not display this Web site in frames (or any of the Content via in-line links) without our expressed written permission, which may be requested by contacting us through our Contact Us link. You may, however, establish ordinary links to our site without our written permission.

Silver Planet respects the intellectual property rights of others and requires those who visit our site to do the same. Silver Planet may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, remove or disable access to material on the Web site that infringes upon the copyrights of others. Silver Planet also may, at its discretion, remove or disable links or references to an online location that contains infringing material or infringing activity. In the event that any visitors to SilverPlanet.com repeatedly infringe on others’ copyrights, Silver Planet may in its sole discretion terminate those individuals’ rights to use the site.

Links to Third-Party Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that may be helpful to our members. Silver Planet provides these links for your convenience and is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of these external sites. Silver Planet is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of external sites and encourages you to review the privacy policies of those sites before you use them. If you decide to access any of the other sites linked to Silver Planet, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Jurisdiction and Disputes

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Colorado, and all disputes shall be resolved in the applicable county, state, or federal courts of Colorado.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Silver Planet, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and any third-party providers of information or services to the site from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from your violation of these Terms of Use, any unauthorized use of materials found on this site, or your violation of the intellectual property rights of Silver Planet or other parties.

Privacy

For details on our Privacy Policy and on our policy on the use of this site by minors, please read our Privacy Policy.

Last Update: June 30, 2008

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