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Shout to the City Terms of Service


1. The service provided by Shout to the City
2. Who may use Shout to the City
 3. Your use of this website and service
 4. Email (You agree to share your email with us so that we may identify you and notify you about your message with this service)
 5. Privacy Policy
 6. Rules and Standards for this Service
 7. Rules for Content
 8. Permissions
 9. Intellectual Property
 10. Termination
 11. Liability
 12. Updates to Terms of Service
 13. Acceptance of Terms
 14. Contact Us

 1. The service provided by Shout to the City
 Shout to the City is a website that offers a message service to its users. Users may purchase a space on the website to place their own personal message. Shout to the City will host this message on a website for the user’s desired city. By using this website, you agree to the following terms and conditions expressly laid out here by Shout to the City LLC.

2. Who may use the service provided by Shout to the City
 You may use the service provided by Shout to the City if you are an adult of at least 18 years of age. Persons younger than this age cannot use the service provided by Shout to the City.

3. Your use of this website and service
 By using this website, you agree to these terms and conditions, and will abide by them. The “user” is the person or entity who submits a message and pays the required fee to the website ShouttotheCity.com. “Using” this website means that you pay the fee and submit a unique message to be placed on the website ShouttotheCity.com. The “service” means the action by ShouttotheCity.com of hosting a unique message submitted by a user.

4. Email
By using this service, the user must submit their email address. This email will be used to identify the unique message submitted by the user, and to notify the user once their message has been approved. If the user fails to follow the rules prescribed below for messages, they will be contacted by email that their message has not been approved. This email address will only be used for these purposes, and will not be used to send spam, advertisements, or any other material. By using this service, the user agrees to submit a valid email address for this purpose.

5. Privacy Policy
 Shout to the City LLC seeks to minimize the amount of information submitted by the user. We will not use the information obtained from the user in any harassing or harmful way. The information that we receive and the use that Shout to the City LLC makes of this information is listed below.

a. The Information we receive.
 i. COOKIES:
1. We use cookies to help make a better and more useful service. Cookies contain information such as session id and length, time spent on different parts of our website, and login information.
 2. The Use of this information: We use cookies to improve the quality of the user experience on ShouttotheCity.com. Information obtained from cookies helps us to improve our website and user enjoyment of it.
ii. Email address
1. The user is required to list an email address when they submit their message.
2. This information is used to identify the unique message, and to notify the user of the status of their message.
iii. Name
1. The user is required to submit their name along with their message.
2. This information is used to identify the user and connect it to their message and payment information.
iv. Billing information:
1. Currently, Shout to the City uses PayPal to process payments for our website. We do not keep any payment information.
2. We use the PayPal site only to process payment for our service.
3. Currently, billing information is outsourced to a third party, so we do not receive this information from the user.
4. Shout to the City cannot provide a refund for any of the services provided by this website.
v. The message.
1. The user must submit a unique message, as this is the primary service of ShouttotheCity.com.
2. Shout to the City agrees to host this message on our website and our servers, as long as it is in conformity to the rules for content in our service.
b. What we do with that information
i. We use this information to craft a better user experience. We use the email address to notify someone of the status of their message. We use the name to identify the author of the message and connect it to their billing status. We use the cookies to determine the type of interaction that users have with our site.
ii. We do not sell anyone’s information to anyone else. It is used solely for the purposes of a user’s individual experience with our site.
iii. We do not use any information to sell ads. Our profits come entirely by selling space to users to post their messages.
iv. We will make every good faith effort to protect and secure all user-submitted information.

6. Rules and Standards for this Service
a. By using this site, the user agrees to follow all the rules for content listed below in section 7.
b. The user agrees that they will not attempt to hack, digitally penetrate, or otherwise harm our systems, database, property, or any other possession of Shout to the City LLC in any way, shape, or form.
c. The user agrees that they will not attempt to interfere with the hosting of this service or attempt to steal the details of others users.
d. The user agrees that they will not attempt to harm Shout to the City LLC or its users in any way.
e. The user agrees not to hold Shout to the City LLC or any of its employees legally liable if their message is not posted for any reason.
f. The user recognizes that Shout to the City LLC has the right to post the user’s message or not for whatever reason we choose. The user will not hold Shout to the City LLC liable if we choose not to post the message of the user.
g. The user recognizes that there are no refunds for the services of Shout to the City LLC.
h. The process for placing a message on the website is such that the user will reserve their spot on the site by paying five dollars. Shout to the City LLC will only keep this reservation if the user's message is posted. Shout to the City LLC will only charge the user if their message is posted. If the message is not posted, the user's reservation fee will be returned in full. Shout to the City LLC will not charge for messages that are not posted.

7. Rules for Content
a. The user agrees that they will follow the following guidelines for content in their submitted messages. If the user does not follow these guidelines, their message will not be posted by ShouttotheCity.com, and the user will not be charged. These are the rules for content:
b. Rule #1:No Sexually Inappropriate Messages
c. Rule #2:No Profanity
d. Rule #3:No Violent Messages
e. Rule #4:No Hate Speech
f. Rule #5: No anti-Christian Messages
g. Rule #6: No Political Messages
h. Rule #7: If you are advertising or selling, you must tell the truth about what you are selling.
i. The user agrees to abide by Shout to the City LLC’s interpretation and application of these rules.
j. The user agrees to acknowledge that Shout to the City LLC may choose not to post a message for any reason. In such a case, the user will not be charged.

8. Permissions
a. The user agrees to give Shout to the City LLC permission to host their content, which is submitted to us as a message. By submitting your content, you (the user) grant Shout to the City LLC a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, irrevocable, royalty-free worldwide license to host, use, copy, publish, display, and distribute and create derivative works from your content. This will mean that we will publish your content in the form of a message, and it may mean that we may utilize your message in advertising and promotional materials.

9. Intellectual Property
a. By using Shout to the City, you agree that you will respect the intellectual property of both Shout to the City LLC and other individuals. If you use content covered by the intellectual property rights owned by Shout To the City LLC, and made available for use on our website, (as an example: images and logos and source code) we retain all rights to this content. You may only use our copyrights or trademarks with the express written permission of Shout to the City LLC.
b. Of Others. You also agree that you will respect the intellectual property rights of other users of the website, and that you will not seek to violate them in any way or claim them as your own.

10. Termination
a. Shout to the City LLC reserves the right to terminate the agreement with users at any time and at its sole discretion. If the user violates these terms of service in any way, the agreement between Shout to the City LLC and the user will be terminated. The agreement between Shout to the City LLC and the user may also be terminated if we feel that the activity of the user in any way poses harm or a threat to Shout to the City LLC, its employees, or other users.

11. Liability
a. The services provided by Shout to the City LLC are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. SHOUT TO THE CITY LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Shout to the City LLC makes no warranty or representation and disclaims all responsibility and liability for the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of services or content, as well as any harm that may result from the use of the services. Shout to the City LLC disclaims all responsibility and liability for any dissatisfaction that the user may have as a result of using the service.
b. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SHOUT TO THE CITY LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 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 SHOUT TO THE CITY LLC BE GREATER THAN $100 OR THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE USER IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS.

 12. Updates to Terms of Service
a. On occasion it may be necessary for Shout to the City LLC to update these terms of service. In such a situation, Shout to the City LLC will make every good faith effort to notify users of these updated terms and conditions. Shout to the City LLC is not responsible for the user failing to follow the updated terms and conditions.
13. Acceptance of terms
a. By using this website, ShouttotheCity.com, the user agrees to abide by these terms and conditions and the privacy policies laid out on this website. If you are not in agreement with these terms and conditions, then you should not proceed with the use of the services of this website.

14. Contact Us
 a. If you have any questions or concerns about this or other issues, you may contact us by filling out the following form: