Terms & Conditions

WORLD SINGLES TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

By using the World Singles Website(s), (the "Website") you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this "Agreement"), whether or not you register as a member of World Singles ("Member"). If you wish to become a Member and make use of the World Singles service (the "Service"), please read these Terms of Use. If you object to anything in this Agreement or the World Singles Privacy Policy, do not use the Website or the Service. The Terms of Use are subject to change by World Singles at any time, effective upon posting on the World Singles website, and your use of the Service after such posting will constitute acceptance by you of such changes.

1. Acceptance of Terms of Use Agreement.

   1. Electronic Agreement. This Agreement is an electronic contract that sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Website and your membership in the Service. This Agreement may be modified by World Singles from time to time, such modifications to be effective upon posting by World Singles on the Website. This Agreement includes World Singles' Acceptable Use Policy for Content Posted on the Website, World Singles' Privacy Policy, World Singles’ subscription policies and any notices regarding the Website. By accessing the Website or becoming a Member, you accept this Agreement and agree to the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.
   2. Electronic Form. By accessing the Website or becoming a Member, you consent to have this Agreement provided to you in electronic form.
2. Eligibility. You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and single or separated from your spouse to register as a member of World Singles or use the Website. 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.
3. Membership and Subscription; Pricing. You may become a Member of the Service free of charge. Free membership will only entitle you to participate in some, but not all, of the features and services available as part of the Service. To access additional features and services, you must become a paying subscriber to the Service via the purchase of a Platinum Membership. Accordingly, your use of those additional features is conditional upon the payment of the relevant fees. Please see Subscription Rates for a description of the current subscription plans and their prices. Please note that the subscription policies that are disclosed to you in subscribing to the service are deemed part of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement the term “Member” includes subscribers, unless where its usage indicates otherwise. From time to time, World Singles may remove the profiles of non-subscribers.
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 and/or subscription at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions designated on the Website or by sending World Singles email notice of termination to World Singles, info@WorldSingles.com, including the words “Cancel Service” in the subject line of said email. If you terminate your subscription, your subscription will remain active until the end of your then-current subscription period (that is, the subscription period through which you had paid prior to your termination). World Singles may terminate your membership and/or subscription by sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for membership, or such other email address as you may later provide to World Singles. If World Singles terminates your membership in the Service because you have breached this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. All decisions regarding the termination of accounts shall be made in the sole discretion of World Singles. World Singles is not required to provide you notice prior to terminating your membership and/or subscription. World Singles is not required, and may be prohibited, from disclosing a reason for the termination of your account. Even after your membership or subscription is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. All terms that by their nature may survive termination of this Agreement shall be deemed to survive such termination.
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. 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 World Singles, which may be revoked at any time, for any reason, in World Singles’ 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 World Singles 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. World Singles 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.
7. Your Interactions with Other Members. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members via the Service and off the Service and World Singles will not intervene in disputes between you and members on and off the Service. You understand that World Singles does not screen its Members, it does not conduct criminal background screening of its members and it also does not inquire into the backgrounds of its Members and/or attempt to verify the statements of its Members. World Singles makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of Members or their compatibility with any current or future Members. In no event shall World Singles 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 World Singles Dating Safety Tips section prior to using the Service. You understand that World Singles makes no guarantees, either express or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the Service. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information) to other Members.

8. Content on World Singles.

   1. Proprietary Rights. World Singles owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Website and the Service. The Website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of World Singles, 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.
   2. Reliance on Content, Advice, Etc. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Service are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. World Singles 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 World Singles 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 World Singles.
   1. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display ("post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members. You will not post on the Service, or transmit to other Members via the Service 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 World Singles or to any other Member. If information provided to World Singles, or another Member, subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify World Singles of such change.
   2. You understand and agree that World Singles may review, edit and/or delete any content, messages, emails, postings on message board, photos or profiles, etc (collectively, "Content"), in each case in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of World Singles violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
   3. By posting Content to any public area of World Singles, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to World Singles, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, sell, transfer and assign 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 World Singles will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.
   4. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. World Singles 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:
      • 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 commercial purposes;
      • 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;
      • 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 the age of 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.
   5. 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.
   6. You may not include in your Member profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses.
   7. 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 World Singles 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.
   8. All information you include in your Member profile must be accurate, current and complete.
10. Prohibited Activities. World Singles 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:
    • You will not impersonate any person or entity.
    • You will not "stalk" or otherwise harass any person.
    • You will not share/use a Platinum Membership and/or Member profile with more than one member.
    • You will not express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by World Singles without our specific prior written consent.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • You will not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in the Service.
    • You will not interfere with or disrupt the Services or the site or the servers or networks connected to the Services or the site.
    • 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.
    • You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Service.
    • You will not "frame" or "mirror" any part of the Service or the Website, without World Singles’ prior written authorization. You also shall not use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to World Singles or the Service or the site in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose.
    • 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.
    • In the event You were convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, World Singles reserves the right to delete and suspend Your profile if, in its sole discretion, World Singles considers that Your conviction could compromise the integrity of the World Singles Sites, as well as undermine the confidence of World Singles’ members and subscribers in the safety, privacy and comfort of the World Singles Sites.
11. Customer Service. World Singles 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 and you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees.
12. Subscriptions; Charges on Your Billing Account.
    1. General. World Singles bills you through an online account (your "Billing Account") for use of the Service. You agree to pay World Singles all charges at the prices then in effect for any use of the Service by you or other persons (including your agents) using your Billing Account, and you authorize World Singles to charge your chosen payment provider (your "Payment Method") for the Service. You agree to make payment using that selected Payment Method. World Singles reserves the right to correct any errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment. World Singles is the billing entity and your billing statement will reflect such. All sales are final and partial use of memberships are non refundable.
    2. Recurring Billing. Subscription plans to the Service consist of an initial period, for which there is a one time charge, followed by recurring period charges as agreed to by you unless you elect to turn off the recurring billing mechanism. By entering into this Agreement, you acknowledge that your subscription has an initial and recurring payment feature and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges prior to cancellation, unless you elect to turn off the auto-recurring billing mechanism when you purchase a subscription. WORLD SINGLES MAY SUBMIT PERIODIC CHARGES (E.G., MONTHLY) WITHOUT FURTHER AUTHORIZATION FROM YOU, UNTIL YOU PROVIDE PRIOR NOTICE (CONFIRMED IN WRITING UPON REQUEST BY WORLD SINGLES) THAT YOU HAVE TERMINATED THIS AUTHORIZATION OR WISH TO CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD. SUCH NOTICE WILL NOT AFFECT CHARGES SUBMITTED BEFORE WORLD SINGLES REASONABLY COULD ACT. TO TERMINATE YOUR AUTHORIZATION OR CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD. ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND PARTIAL USE OF SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.
    3. 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 WORLD SINGLES 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. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE WORLD SINGLES ANY OF THE FOREGOING INFORMATION, YOU AGREE THAT WORLD SINGLES MAY CONTINUE CHARGING YOU FOR ANY USE OF THE SERVICE UNDER YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT UNLESS YOU HAVE TERMINATED YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE SERVICE (CONFIRMED BY YOU IN WRITING UPON REQUEST BY WORLD SINGLES).
    4. 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 World Singles does not receive payment from your Payment Method Provider, you agree to pay all amounts due on your Billing Account upon demand.
    5. 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 World Singles 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 World Singles may accumulate charges incurred and submit them as one or more aggregate charges during or at the end of each billing cycle.
    6. Auto-renewal. Your World Singles subscription will be automatically extended for successive renewal periods at the then-current non-promotional subscription rate, unless you elect to turn off the rebilling mechanism on the site when you first purchase a subscription or deactivate the rebilling mechanism prior to the expiration date of your subscription. If you resign, you may use your subscription until the end of your then-current subscription term. However, you won’t be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fee paid for the then-current subscription period.
    7. Reaffirmation of Authorization. Your non-termination or continued use of the Service reaffirms that World Singles is authorized to charge your Payment Method. World Singles may submit those charges for payment and you will be responsible for such charges. This does not waive World Singles' 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 subscribed to the Service.
    8. Free Trials and Other Promotions. Any free trial or other promotion that provides subscriber-level access to the Service must be used within the specified time of the trial. You must cancel your subscription before the end of the trial period in order to avoid being charged a subscription fee. If you cancel prior to the end of the trial period and are inadvertently charged for a subscription, please contact info@worldsingles.com to have the charges reversed.
13. Modifications to Service. World Singles 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 World Singles 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, World Singles 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 contact info@worldsingles.com (Attn: General Counsel, World Singles) 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.
16. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other World Singles Members. World Singles reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members on the Service.
17. Privacy. Use of the Website and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
18. Disclaimers. World Singles 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. World Singles is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Website or Member of the Service. World Singles 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. World Singles 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 World Singles 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. The Website and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and World Singles expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. World Singles cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Website and/or the Service.
    
    In addition to the preceding paragraph and other provisions of this Agreement, any advice that may be posted on the Website is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. World Singles makes no representations or warranties and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning any treatment, action by, or effect on any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Website. If you have specific concerns or a situation arises in which you require professional or medical advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified specialist.
19. Links. The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because World Singles has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that World Singles 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 World Singles 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.
20. Limitation on Liability. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will World Singles be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from your use of the Web site or the Service, even if World Singles has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, World Singles’ 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 World Singles for the Service during the term of membership.
21. U.S. Export Controls. 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, Iraq, Libya, 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.
22. 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 the District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia for the resolution of any such dispute.
23. Indemnity by You. You agree to indemnify and hold World Singles, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, other partners and employees and independent contractors 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 and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.
24. 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.
25. Personal Safety. You understand that meeting new people, by whatever method or means, always requires taking normal precautions you should otherwise follow in establishing new relationships. Those may include, but are not limited to, meeting in public places, checking with mutual friends, free or fee-based internet search options, and otherwise using common sense about protecting yourself and your property. You understand that you are responsible for protecting yourself and your personal and financial information, that you are not entrusting that responsibility to anyone else, and that you understand that nothing World Singles is designed to or should be expected to do any of that for you. Please see World Singles Dating Tips/Precautions.
26. Other. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and World Singles regarding the use of the Website and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

Please contact us with any questions regarding this agreement. I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.