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Terms of Service

You must read and agree to all terms in this document before using our services. By using or continuing to use BuzzyGroups services, you are automatically agreeing to the terms of this document. Our Data Processing Agreement under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forms part of these Terms of Service.


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What is this?

The agreement below is a legal agreement between BuzzyGroups and all of our customers. If you use any service provided by or affiliated with BuzzyGroups, you are legally bound by this agreement. Read it carefully before signing up and ensure that you understand and agree to all parts. Use of our services implies agreement with this contract.

Terms and Conditions

Welcome to BuzzyGroups!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of BuzzyGroups's services, located at BuzzyGroups.com and other various platforms.

By accessing this BuzzyGroups services we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use BuzzyGroups if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company's terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of the Company's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of California. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our services, including our various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and our other covered services that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), and any information, text, links, graphics, photos, audio, videos, or other materials or arrangements of materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

At BuzzyGroups.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded on BuzzyGroups.com and how we use it.

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through via the information provided in Additional Information on the Privacy Policy page.

Who May Use BuzzyGroups Services

You may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with BuzzyGroups and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. In any case, you must be at least 13 years old to use the Services.

If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in which case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity.

Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy (BuzzyGroups.com/privacy) describes how we handle the information you provide to us when you use our Services. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy ) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by BuzzyGroups and its affiliates.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing BuzzyGroups, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the BuzzyGroups's Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

Additional Rules

BuzzyGroups also has additional rules that all users must abide by while using BuzzyGroups and any affiliated platforms. This includes, but is not limited to the following prohibited actions:

  • Actions that could or currently threaten the safety of anyone in our community
  • Use of verbal abuse including offensive, profane, and vulgar language
  • Squatting on or taking the usernames of companies or corporations
  • Impersonating or posing as somebody else
  • Using intellectual property without explicit permission

Violation of these rules may result in the termination of any or all of your account(s). Please review the full list of BuzzyGroups's Rules .

Services Content

You are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content you provide, including compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others.

Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk. We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Although Group Leaders and Moderators are encouraged to remove all content from their Groups that does not follow BuzzyGroups's Best Practices, all Content is ultimately and the solely the responsibility of the person who originated such Content. We may not always monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot take responsibility for such Content.

We reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, including for example, copyright or trademark violations or other intellectual property misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or harassment. Information regarding specific policies and the process for reporting violations can be found by logging in and viewing our Best Practices Section.

If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please report this by contacting our designated copyright agent, using the details below.

Please note that we will always do our best to reply as quickly as possible, but please allow our team sufficient time to receive, review, and respond to any requests if necessary.

If you live in the United States, United Kingdom, or any country outside of those countries please use the following contact details.

Market Action Research, Inc.
Attn: BuzzyGroups Copyright Agent
23679 Calabasas Road #1134
Calabasas, CA 91302

Please ensure to include the following information in your letter

  • Your full name
  • BuzzyGroups Username
  • Email Account used for BuzzyGroups Account
  • Alternative contact details
  • Any date or time information
  • Any other pertinent details or info

Rights and Grant of Rights

You will always retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. You will always own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photos and videos are considered part of the Content).

By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed (for clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating). This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. You agree that this license includes the right for BuzzyGroups to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution post, promotion or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by BuzzyGroups, or other companies, organizations or individuals, can be made with or with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for the Content and grant of rights herein.

BuzzyGroups has an evolving set of rules for how ecosystem partners can interact with your Content on the Services. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with your rights in mind. You understand that we may modify or adapt your Content as it is distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our partners and/or make changes to your Content in order to adapt the Content to different media.

You represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. You agree that such Content will not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless you have necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant BuzzyGroups the license described above.

Using BuzzyGroups

Please review the Best Practices, which are part of the User Agreement and outline what is prohibited on the Services. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Our Services evolve constantly. As such, the Services may change from time to time, at our discretion. We may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services or any features within the Services to you or to users generally. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time. We may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, limit distribution or visibility of any Content on the service, suspend or terminate users, and reclaim usernames without liability to you.

In consideration for BuzzyGroups granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that BuzzyGroups and its third-party providers and partners may place advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others. You also agree not to misuse our Services, for example, by interfering with them or accessing them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide.

You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, BuzzyGroups’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of BuzzyGroups’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by BuzzyGroups (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and conditions), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with BuzzyGroups (NOTE: crawling the Services is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, however, scraping the Services without the prior consent of BuzzyGroups is expressly prohibited); (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of BuzzyGroups, its users and the public. BuzzyGroups does not disclose personally identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Accounts

You may need to create an account to use some of our Services. You are responsible for safeguarding your account, so use a strong password and limit its use to this account. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.

You can control most communications from the Services. We may need to provide you with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your account, and you may not be able to opt-out from receiving them. If you added your phone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number, you must update your account information to help prevent us from communicating with anyone who acquires your old number.

Your Use License

BuzzyGroups gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you as part of the Services. This license has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by BuzzyGroups, in the manner permitted by these Terms.

The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and other countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the BuzzyGroups name or any of the BuzzyGroups trademarks, logos, domain names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights. All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of BuzzyGroups and its licensors. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding BuzzyGroups, or the Services is entirely voluntary, and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.

License

Unless otherwise stated, BuzzyGroups and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on BuzzyGroups. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from BuzzyGroups; for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Republish material from BuzzyGroups
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from BuzzyGroups
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from BuzzyGroups
  • Redistribute content from BuzzyGroups
  • Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on BuzzyGroups’s platforms
  • Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials
  • Transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. BuzzyGroups; does not review, edit, publish or review Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts prior to their presence on the website. Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts do not reflect the views and opinions of BuzzyGroups, its agents and/or affiliates. Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, BuzzyGroups shall not be liable for the Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts on this website.

BuzzyGroups reserves the right to monitor all Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts and to remove any Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions. Group Leaders, Brand Leaders and Moderators will also have the right to remove any Posts that they consider inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions within their respective groups and/or brands.

You warrant and represent that:

  • You are entitled to post the Comments or Posts on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
  • The Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third-party;
  • The Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
  • The Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant BuzzyGroups; a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments, Groups, Brands or Posts in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;
  • Search engines;
  • News organizations;
  • Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
  • System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly known consumer and/or business information sources;
  • dot.com community sites;
  • associations or other groups representing charities;
  • online directory distributors;
  • internet portals;
  • accounting, law and consulting firms; and
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of BuzzyGroups; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must request permission from us by using the media form. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or
  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
  • By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.

No use of BuzzyGroups's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and it's linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Ending Terms

You may end your legal agreement with BuzzyGroups at any time by deactivating your account(s) and discontinuing your use of the Services.

We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms or the BuzzyGroups Rules and Policies or Best Practices, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct, (iv) your account should be removed due to prolonged inactivity; or (v) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or the next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. In all such cases, the Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue to apply: II, III, V, and VI.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Services are Available "AS-IS"

Your access to and use of the Services or any Content are at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services are provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The “BuzzyGroups Entities” refers to BuzzyGroups, its parents, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, partners, and licensors. Without limiting the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, THE BuzzyGroups ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. The BuzzyGroups Entities make no warranty or representation and disclaim all responsibility and liability for: (i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any Content; (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services or any Content; (iii) the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services; and (iv) whether the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the BuzzyGroups Entities or through the Services, will create any warranty or representation not expressly made herein.

Limitations of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE BuzzyGroups ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE BuzzyGroups ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID BuzzyGroups, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BuzzyGroups ENTITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

General

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The changes will not be retroactive, and the most current version of the Terms, which will always be at BuzzyGroups.com/terms, will govern our relationship with you. We will try to notify you of material revisions, for example via a service notification or an email to the email associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.

The laws of the State of California, excluding its choice of law provisions, will govern these Terms and any dispute that arises between you and BuzzyGroups. All disputes related to these Terms or the Services will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in Ventura County, California, United States, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum.

If you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Services in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of California (excluding choice of law).

In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. BuzzyGroups’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.

These Terms are an agreement between you and Market Action Research, Inc. the parent company of BuzzyGroups, at 23679 Calabasas Road #1134, CA U.S.A. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.

Effective: July 1, 2020

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