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Terms and Conditions for Using College Dollars


Please read these terms and conditions carefully. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, do not use this Website and service. All use of college-dollars.com (Website), including all content, information, and services provided on this Website (Website Content), is subject to these Terms and Conditions (Terms), which constitute a legal agreement between you and Systems Organization Services, Inc. (SOS). By accessing, browsing, or using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. SOS may update these Terms at any time, without notice to you. Each time you access this Website, you agree to be bound by the Terms then in effect. The words "you" and "user" refer to all individuals and entities accessing this Website for any reason.

License
By offering this Website for use, SOS provides you with a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to access and make personal use of the information and services on this Website. SOS reserves the right to terminate this license at any time and for any reason. Your failure to comply with these Terms will result in automatic termination of this license, without prior notice. Except for the limited license set forth in these Terms, SOS does not grant you any express or implied rights or licenses under any patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other proprietary or intellectual property rights.

Use of Website Content
SOS authorizes you to view and access a single copy of the content available on or from this Website, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. The technology and content provided on this Website are owned by SOS and are protected by United States and international intellectual property laws. SOS retains all proprietary rights that that content and technology. You must retain all copyright, trademark, servicemark, and other proprietary notices contained in the original Website Content on any copy you make of the Website Content. You may not sell or modify the Website Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Website Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Website Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that SOS creates to generate the Website Content or pages. It is also protected by intellectual property laws.

Security Rules
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of this Website, including, without limitation:
1. accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account that accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account that the user is not authorized to access;
2. attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
3. attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to this Website, overloading, flooding, spamming, mailbombing, or crashing;
4. sending unsolicited email, including promotions and advertising products or services; and
5. forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting.

Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. SOS will investigate suspected violations, and may contact and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Acceptable Use
This Website may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking information about colleges, universities, scholarships, financial aid, and related subjects.

Specific Prohibited Uses
SOS specifically prohibits any other use of the Website, and all users agree not to use this Website for any of the following:
1. using this Website to transmit, distribute, store, or destroy material, including, without limitation, Website Content, in violation of any applicable law or regulation, in a manner that infringes the intellectual property rights of others, violate the privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others, or in a manner that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive, or hateful;
2. using any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working this Website, and taking any action that could harm, infect, take over, disable, overburden, or otherwise impair any of SOS's computer systems, including, but not limited to, the servers, networks, and other components connected to or used for this Website;
3. using or attempting to use any robot, spider, other automatic software, device, or manual process to monitor or copy this Website, the Website Content, information, or services on this Website;
4. using any device, mechanism, tool, or software to navigate or search this Website, other than the search engine and search agents provided from SOS on this Website and generally available third-party web browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer);
5. attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of this Website;
6. using any network monitoring or discovery device to determine the site architecture, or extract information about usage, individual identities, or users;
7. aggregating, copying, or duplicating in any manner any of the Website Content or information available from this Website.

User Information
When you subscribe to College Dollars, you will be asked to provide SOS with certain information, including a valid email address. You understand and agree that SOS may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. SOS will not disclose to any third party your name, address, email address, or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. SOS reserves the right to offer third party services and products to you based on the preferences that you identify; such offers may be made by SOS or by third parties. Please see the Privacy Policy for more details about your information.

Registration and Password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You are responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you.

Termination of Users who Repeatedly Infringe the Copyright or Other Intellectual Property Rights of Others
SOS respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. The unauthorized reproduction, copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works constitutes infringement of the copyright owner's rights. As a condition to your use of this Website, you agree not to use it to infringe the intellectual property rights of others in any way. SOS will terminate the accounts of any users who are repeat infringers of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others, and block such users' access to all College Dollars websites. SOS reserves the right to take these actions at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice, and without any liability to the users who are terminated or whose access if blocked.

The Company's Liability
College-dollars.com is only a venue. This Website acts as a venue for students to search for colleges and scholarships. SOS is not involved in the actual transaction between colleges, scholarship providers, and students. As a result, SOS has no control over the quality, safety, or legality of the scholarships, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of scholarship providers to provide scholarships, or the ability of colleges to provide education. There are risks, including the risk of physical harm, in dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, underage people, or people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with scholarship providers and school employees with whom you come in contact through this Website. The Website Content may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. SOS makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Website Content. The use of this Website and the Website Content is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to this Website, and may be made at any time.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SOS PROVIDES THIS WEBSITE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SOS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON THIS WEBSITE. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SOS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

Links to Other Sites
This Website contains links to third-party websites. Those links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by SOS of the contents of such third-party websites. SOS is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materialson such third-party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.

No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use
You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms. You agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of this Website.

Sponsorship
This Website might contain sponsorship. Sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on this Website is accurate and complies with applicable laws. SOS will not be responsible for the illegality of, or any error or inaccuracy in, sponsors' materials, or for the acts or omissions of such sponsors.

Limitation of Liability
The aggregate liability for SOS to you for all claims arising from the use of this Website is limited to a refund of your subscription fee.

Termination
SOS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your Website access if your conduct is found to be unlawful, inconsistent with, or in violation of the letter or the spirit of these Terms, including, without limitation, failure to pay the fee for use of this Website. SOS will not be liable to you or any third party for termination of Website access. If you object to these Terms or any subsequent modification of these Terms, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Website.

Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SOS, its employees, affiliates, licensors, suppliers, and agents from and against any claims, losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas in effect on January 1, 2009, and any action arising out of or relating to these Terms must be filed only in state or federal courts located in Dallas or Denton, Texas. By using this Website, you consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such action. SOS makes no claim that the Website Content may be lawfully viewed or accessed outside of the United States. Access to the Website Content may not be legal by certain people or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdictions.

Severability
If any provision of these Terms is unlawful, void, unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

No Waiver
A waiver of any term will not be deemed a continuing waiver of such term or any other term.

Additional Terms and Conditions
Certain areas of this Website are subject to additional Terms and Conditions. By using such areas, you agree to be bound by those additional Terms and Conditions applicable to such areas.

Entire Agreement
Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of this Website, a particular legal notice, or software license or material on particular web pages, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SOS with respect to the use of this Website.

Acknowledgment
By using this Website, you acknowledge (a) your agreement to these Terms, including those in links provided, and (b) that you are doing so with the intent to electronically sign this Agreement.

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