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                  ii.     Notice. To withdraw your consent and/or request a non-electronic copy of this Agreement, please send an email to support@shareshotgun.com or a letter and self-addressed stamped envelope to: Ivy Connections, P.O. Box 641772, San Jose, CA 95164-1772.

                 iii.     Prospective Nature. Your withdrawal of consent shall be effective within a reasonable time after we receive your withdrawal notice described above. Your withdrawal of consent will not affect the legal validity or enforceability of the Agreement provided to, and electronically signed by, you prior to the effective date of your withdrawal.

e.     Access and Retention. In order to access and retain this electronic Agreement, you must have access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any service fees associated with such access. In addition, you must use all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other access device. Please print a copy of this document for your records. To retain an electronic copy of this Agreement, you may save it into any word processing program. Via the Website, we will notify you of any changes in the hardware or software requirements needed to access and/or retain this Agreement that create a material risk that you will not be able to continue to access and/or retain this electronic Agreement.

2.     Eligibility. Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. As a Member of the Service, you will create only one unique profile. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the 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 of this Agreement.

                    i.     You must be at least 18 years old or older in order to use this service.

                  ii.     By requesting to use, registering to use, and/or using the Service, you represent and warrant that you have never been convicted of a felony and are not required to register as a sex offender with any government entity. IVY CONNECTIONS DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENINGS ON ITS MEMBERS. However, Ivy Connections reserves the right to conduct a criminal background check, at any time and using available public records, to confirm your compliance with this subsection.

3.     Membership; Pricing. You may become a Member of the Service at no cost. As a Member, you will have the ability to participate in the features and services available within the Service. Please see Billing Details for a description of the current price structure and membership policies. Please note that the membership policies that are disclosed to you are deemed part of this Agreement. From time to time, Ivy Connections may remove the profiles of non-active members.

4.     Term. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website and/or are a Member. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions My Profile section of the Website, or by sending Ivy Connections written notice of termination to Ivy Connections, P.O. Box 641772, San Jose, CA 95164-1772 or email notice of termination to support@shareshotgun.com. If you terminate your membership, your membership will be terminated immediately. Ivy Connections may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason or no reason, without explanation, by sending notice to you. All decisions regarding the termination of accounts shall be made in the sole discretion of Ivy Connections. Ivy Connections is not required to provide you notice prior to terminating your membership. Following any termination of any Member’s use of the Service, Ivy Connections reserves the right to send a notice thereof to other Members which whom you have corresponded. Even after your membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the Agreement will survive termination of your registration to the Service.

5.     Non-commercial Use by Members. The Website is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors, such as advertises or soliciting any Member to buy or sell any products or services. 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 may be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. Use of the Website is with the permission of Ivy Connections, which may be revoked at any time, for any reason, in Ivy Connections’ sole discretion.

6.     Account Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password that you designate during the Registration process, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify Ivy Connections of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Ivy Connections will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. If you share your computer with others, you may wish to consider disabling your auto-sign in feature if you have linked your Window's Live ID to your Ivy Connections account.

7.     Interactions with Other Members. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. You understand that Ivy Connections does not in any way screen its Members, nor does Ivy Connections inquire into the backgrounds of its Members or attempt to verify the statements of its Members. Ivy Connections makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of Members. In no event shall Ivy Connections be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the conduct of you or anyone else in connection with the use of the Service, including without limitation, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting from communications or meetings with other registered users of this Service or persons you meet through this Service. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other Members of the Service, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person. In addition, you agree to review Ivy Connections’ Travel Safety Tips prior to using the Service, which will be provided to you prior to confirming a meeting with your matches in the Service and is available at the bottom of all pages of the Service. You understand that Ivy Connections makes no guarantees, either express or implied, regarding your travel with individuals you meet through the Service or as to the conduct of such individuals. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information) to other Members.

8.     Content on Ivy Connections.

a.     Proprietary Rights. Ivy Connections owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Website and the Service. The Website contains the proprietary information of Ivy Connections, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.

b.     Reliance on Content, Advice, Etc. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Service, but not directly by Ivy Connections, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. Ivy Connections does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Service, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Website. Under no circumstances will Ivy Connections or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on the Website or transmitted to or by any Members.

9.     Content Posted by You on Ivy Connections.

a.     You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members. You will not post on the Service, or transmit to other Members, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to the Company or to any other Member. If information provided to Ivy Connections, or another Member, subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify Ivy Connections of such change.

b.     You understand and agree that Ivy Connections may review and delete any content, messages, double-blind emails, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content"), in each case in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of Ivy Connections violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.

c.     By posting Content to any public area of the Website, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Ivy Connections, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify 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. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your content by Ivy Connections will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

d.     The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. Ivy Connections reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes, but is not limited to, Content that:

                    i.     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;

                  ii.     harasses or advocates harassment of another person;

                 iii.     involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming"

                 iv.     promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;

                  v.     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 images, audio or video, or links to pirated images, audio or video files;

                 vi.     contains video, audio photographs, or images of another person without his or her permission (or in the case of a minor, the minor’s legal guardian);

               vii.     contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);

              viii.     promotes, enables or provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons or drugs, violating someone's privacy, harm or harass another person, obtain others’ identity information, or providing or creating computer viruses;

                 ix.     contains viruses, time bombs, trojan horses, cancelbots, worms or other harmful, or disruptive codes, components or devices;

                   x.     solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and

                 xi.     engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.

e.     Your use of the Service, including but not limited to the Content you post on the Service, must be in accordance with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

f.      You may not include in your Member profile any contact information (including but not limited to: telephone numbers, URLs or email addresses).

g.     You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members. This includes but is not limited to solicitation or advertising to buy or sell any products or services through the Service or to attend parties or other social functions or networking for commercial purposes. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although Ivy Connections cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Website, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, we reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.

h.     All information you include in your Member profile must be accurate, current and complete.

10.  Prohibited Activities. Ivy Connections reserves the right to investigate and terminate your membership if you have misused the Service, or behaved in a way which could be regarded as inappropriate or whose conduct is unlawful or illegal. The following is a partial list of the type of actions that you may not engage in with respect to the Service:

a.     You will not impersonate any person or entity.

b.     You will not "stalk" or otherwise harass any person.

c.     You will not express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by Ivy Connections without our specific prior written consent.

d.     You will not post, copy, modify, transmit, disclose, show in public, create any derivative works from, distribute, make commercial use of, or reproduce in any way any (i) Confidential Information or (ii) other copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information accessible via the Services, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights

e.     You will not use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine", or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service or its contents.

f.      You will not post, distribute or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.

g.     You will not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in the Service.

h.     You will not interfere with or disrupt the Services or the site or the servers or networks connected to the Services or the site.

i.      You will not post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

j.      You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Service.

k.     You will not "frame" or "mirror" any part of the Service or the Website, without Ivy Connections’ prior written authorization. You also shall not use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to Ivy Connections or the Service or the site in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose.

l.      You will not modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Service or the Website or any software used on or for the Service or cause others to do so.

11.  Customer Service. Ivy Connections provides assistance and guidance through its customer care representatives. When communicating with our customer care representatives, you may not to be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexist, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or otherwise behave inappropriately. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our customer care representatives or other employees is at any time threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your membership.

12.  Charges on Your Billing Account.

a.     General. Ivy Connections bills you through an online account (your "Billing Account") for use of the Service. You agree to pay Ivy Connections all charges for any use of the Service by you or other persons (including your agents) using your Billing Account, and you authorize Ivy Connections to charge your chosen payment provider (your "Payment Method") for the Service. You agree to make payment using that selected Payment Method. Ivy Connections reserves the right to correct any errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment.

b.     Current Information Required. YOU MUST PROVIDE CURRENT, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT. YOU MUST PROMPTLY UPDATE ALL INFORMATION TO KEEP YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT CURRENT, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE (SUCH AS A CHANGE IN BILLING ADDRESS, CREDIT CARD NUMBER, OR CREDIT CARD EXPIRATION DATE), AND YOU MUST PROMPTLY NOTIFY IVY CONNECTIONS IF YOUR PAYMENT METHOD IS CANCELED (E.G., FOR LOSS OR THEFT) OR IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF A POTENTIAL BREACH OF SECURITY, SUCH AS THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OR USE OF YOUR USER NAME OR PASSWORD. CHANGES TO SUCH INFORMATION CAN BE MADE AT ACCOUNT INFORMATION PAGE WITHIN YOUR PROFILE. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE IVY CONNECTIONS ANY OF THE FOREGOING INFORMATION, YOU AGREE THAT IVY CONNECTIONS MAY CONTINUE CHARGING YOU FOR ANY USE OF THE SERVICE UNDER YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT UNLESS YOU HAVE TERMINATED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THE SERVICE (CONFIRMED BY YOU IN WRITING UPON REQUEST BY IVY CONNECTIONS).

c.     Payment Method. The terms of your payment will be based on your Payment Method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer or other provider of your chosen Payment Method (the "Payment Method Provider"). If Ivy Connections does not receive payment from your Payment Method Provider, you agree to pay all amounts due on your Billing Account upon demand.

d.     Change in Amount Authorized. If the amount to be charged to your Billing Account varies from the amount you preauthorized (other than due to the imposition or change in the amount of state sales taxes), you have the right to receive, and Ivy Connections shall provide, notice of the amount to be charged and the date of the charge at least 10 days before the scheduled date of the transaction. Any agreement you have with your Payment Method Provider will govern your use of your Payment Method. You agree that Ivy Connections may accumulate charges incurred and submit them as one or more aggregate charges during or at the end of each billing cycle.

e.     Reaffirmation of Authorization. Your non-termination or continued use of the Service reaffirms that Ivy Connections is authorized to charge your Payment Method. Ivy Connections may submit those charges for payment and you will be responsible for such charges. This does not waive Ivy Connections’ right to seek payment directly from you. Your charges may be payable in advance, in arrears, per usage, or as otherwise described when you initially became a Member of the Service.

13.  Modifications to Service. Ivy Connections reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Ivy Connections shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

14.  Blocking of IP Addresses. In order to protect the integrity of the Service, Ivy Connections reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block Members from certain IP addresses from accessing the Website.

15.  Copyright Policy. 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 statement 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, 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. Ivy Connections’ Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Ivy Connections, PO Box 641772, San Jose, CA 95164-1772.

16.  Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Ivy Connections Members. Ivy Connections reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.

17.  Reporting of Violations. You will promptly report to Ivy Connections any violation of the Agreement by others, including but not limited to, Members.

18.  Privacy. Use of the Website and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

19.  Disclaimers. Use of the Services is at your sole risk. Ivy Connections 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. Ivy Connections is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Website or Member of the Service. Ivy Connections 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. Ivy Connections 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 Ivy Connections or any of its affiliates, advertisers, promoters or distribution partners 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. Under no circumstances will Ivy Connections or its contractors be liable for any incorrectly verified information, as various ways of verifying information that users have provided are perfect. Ivy Connections provides the services on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis and grants no warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to the services or the site (including all information contained therein), including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.

Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by Ivy Connections, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. IVY CONNECTIONS DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES, OR (ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN IVY CONNECTIONS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL IVY CONNECTIONS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONE’S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SERVICES, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS.

20.  Links. The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Ivy Connections has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Ivy Connections is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Ivy Connections shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of, or reliance upon, any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

21.  Limitation on Liability. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will Ivy Connections be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from the use or inability to use the Web site or the Service, even if Ivy Connections has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Ivy Connections’ aggregate 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 Ivy Connections for the Service during the term of membership, or, if you have not paid Ivy Connections for the use of any services, the amount of USD$25.00 or its equivalent.

22.  Indemnity by You. You agree to indemnify and hold Ivy Connections, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and other partners, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. Ivy Connections reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Ivy Connections in asserting any available defenses.

23.  U.S. Export Controls. The Site and Services are intended for use in the United States. You will only use the Services in a manner consistent with this Agreement and any and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, United States export control laws. You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country which the United States has (i) embargoed goods, (ii) identified as a “Specially Designated National”, or (iii) placed on the Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. Registration for, and use of, the Services are void where prohibited. To the extent that the Services are not legal in your jurisdiction, you may not use the Services. If you access the Service from other locations, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

24.  Jurisdiction and Choice of Law. If there is any dispute arising out of the Website and/or the Service, by using the Website, you expressly agree that any such dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and you expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of the State of California, in San Jose or Santa Clara County, for the resolution of any such dispute.

25.  No Third Party Beneficiaries. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement.

26.  Other. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and Ivy Connections regarding the use of the Website and/or the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Ivy Connections related to your use of this Web site or Services (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of this Agreement). The failure of Ivy Connections to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

27.  Revision Date. This Agreement was last revised on January 6, 2009.

Please contact us with any questions regarding this agreement. Ivy Connections is a trademark of Ivy Connections, L.L.C.