Terms of Use,1.0 Acceptance of Terms,1.1Diffen.com isawebsite that allows users to compare any two items to facilitate informed ,decision making.
Diffen.com also allows users to create new content, improve old content, and ,post comments on comparison pages.,1.2Diffen, a Washington State LLC, makes Diffen.com, including all information and ,serviceson Diffen.com, available to you subject to theterms provided in thisdocument(Terms ,of Use).,1.3You accept these terms by accessing or otherwise using Diffen.comin any way.
IF YOU ,DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS IN THIS DOCUMENT, DO NOT USE ,DIFFEN.COM.,1.4Diffenreserves the right to change these terms of use at any time at its sole discretion ,without notice to you, by posting a new Terms of Use document on Diffen.com.You can find the ,most current Terms of Use by directing your browser to ,http://www.diffen.com/difference/Diffen:Terms_of_Use.Your continued use of Diffen.com aftera ,change in the Terms of Use constitutesyour acceptance of the new Terms of use.,2.0Description of Services,2.1Diffen provides Diffen.com access for users to view, create, and modify content such as ,tables, articles, video and photographs relevant to comparisons between various entities.,2.2Diffen.com may also include advertisements from third-parties.,2.3Diffen may send emails regarding Diffen.com content or features to users who provide ,their email address.
Users who no longer wish to receive such emails may unsubscribe at any ,timeby clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Diffen email.,2.4Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features added to Diffen.com will be ,governed by this Terms of Use Agreement.,2.5Certain features and access on Diffen.com may be limited to users who log in with a ,Diffen.com account.
,3.0User Accounts,3.1You agree to provide Diffen.com with accurate information if you chooseto createa user ,account.,3.2Your user account will have a username and password associated with it.
You are ,responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.
You are fully responsible for ,all activities that occur under your username and password.,3.3You agree that Diffen may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and ,any content you post through Diffen.com if required to do so by law,or,in good faith to: (a) ,comply with legal process.
(b) enforce the Terms of Use Agreement.
(c) respond to claims that ,any content violates the rights of third-parties.
(d) respond to your requests for customer service.
,or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Diffen, its users and the public.,4.0 User Conduct,4.1.You agree not to use the content and services of Diffen.com to:,a.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that you do not ,have a right to make available under any law or contract,b.
upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any content that infringes ,any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, likeness, personality or other proprietary rights ,("Intellectual Property Rights") of any party;,c.
upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, ,harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, ,invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;,d.
use or copy Diffen.com content to create or otherwise contribute to a similar website or ,publication.,e.
vandalize Diffen.com by adding or modifying content so that it is intentionally untrue, ,misleading, or offensive.,f.
impersonate any individual or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your ,affiliation with any person or entity.
This commitment includesmisrepresentation asa Diffen ,official.,g.
forge headers,manipulate identifiers or otherwise disguise the origin of any ,information transmitted through Diffen.com,h.
upload,post email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or ,unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "spam," "pyramid schemes," or any other form ,of solicitation.,i.
upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains ,software viruses or other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit ,the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment,j.
interfere with or disrupt Diffen.comor servers or networks connected to Diffen.comor ,disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the ,Diffen.comwebsite;,k.
stalk or otherwise harass anotheruser.
or,l.
collect or store personal data about other users.,m.
harm minors in any way;,n.
violate any applicable local, state, national or international law ,4.2Any content you submit that violates this Terms of Use Agreement is subject to ,immediate removal, and your user account may be disabled or deleted.,5.0 No Resale of Service,You agree that you will notreproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any ,commercial purposes, any portion of Diffen.com, use of Diffen.com, or access to Diffen.com.,6.0 Privacy Policy,You agree to Diffen's use of your data in accordance with the Diffen.com privacy policy.
Please ,read the Diffen.com privacy policy located at ,http://www.diffen.com/difference/Diffen:Privacy_Policy.
The privacy policy is incorporated by ,reference into this Terms of Use Agreement.,7.0 Third party content,7.1Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, ,advertisers found on or through Diffen.com,are solely between you and such advertiser.
This ,includespayment and delivery of related goods or services and any other terms, conditions, ,warranties or representations associated with such dealings.
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Because Diffen has no control over such sites and resources, you agree that Diffen is ,not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, 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 agree that Diffen 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 use ,of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or ,resource.,8.0 Copyrightsand Licensing,8.1Content Provided by Diffen,Diffen.com provides content to users including text, graphics, photos, video and sound ,recordings.
Subject to your compliance with all terms of use in this document, Diffen grants you ,a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal license to view the content of Diffen.com.
This ,license may be revoked by Diffen LLC at any time and for any reason.
In addition, this license ,is subject to the following restriction: you may not distributethe content for any commercial ,purpose.
Certain proprietary marks or designs such as trademarks of third parties may be ,mentioned in Diffen articles.
These marks or designs remain the property of their respective ,owners and may be subject to additional restrictions on their use.
Certain images and other,media may be licensed under Creative Commons by their copyright owners and Diffen may use ,them under such license.,8.2Diffen Code,You agree that any software or code used by Diffen to provide you with content or services on ,Diffen.com constitutes proprietary confidential information protected byapplicable intellectual,property laws governing the rights of Diffen.
Diffen grants you a personal, non-transferable, and ,non-exclusive license to use such software or code as necessary to access Diffen.comcontent ,and services.
You maynot copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse ,assemble,otherwise attempt to discover any source code,or,allow a third party to do so.
You ,agree not to modify the software in any manner or form,or to use modified versions of the ,Software.
You agree not to access the services or content of Diffen.com by any means other than ,through the interface provided for that purpose through Diffen.com.,8.3Diffen Trademarks,You agree not to display or use theDiffen logo or other Diffen trademarks or service marks ,without prior permission from Diffen.
Diffen is under no obligation to provide such permission if ,asked.
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Diffen may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the ,accounts of users who appear to be infringers.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a ,way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been ,otherwise violated, please provide Diffen's Agent the following informationpursuant to DMCA ,17 U.S.C § 512:,a.
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the ,owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;,b.
a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has ,been infringed;,c.
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;,d.
your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;,e.
a 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,f.
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your ,Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to ,act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.,9.2Diffen's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property ,infringement can be reached as follows:,Nikhilesh Jasuja, Diffen LLC, P.O.Box 2546, Kirkland, WA98083-2546,By phone: 206-395-9346,By email:feedback@diffen.com,10.0 Indemnity,You agree to indemnify and hold Diffen, and its affiliates officers agents or other partners and ,employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by ,any third party due to or arising out of: content you submit, post, transmit or make available ,through Diffen.com.
your use of Diffen.com.
your violation of the Terms of Use Agreement.
or ,your violation of any intellectual property rights of another.,11.0Disclaimers,11.1Disclaimerof Warranties,BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU AGREE THAT:,A.YOUR USE OF THE DIFFEN.COM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
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,DIFFEN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, ,WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ,THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A ,PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.,B.DIFFEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEET ,YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ,(III) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM DIFFEN.COM ,WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (IV) THAT ANY ERRORSIN ,SOFTWARE OR CONTENTWILL BE CORRECTED.,C.ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED ,THROUGH DIFFEN.COM IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND ,RISK.
DIFFEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT MATERIAL ,DOWNLOADED IS FREE OF ANY VIRUS, WORM, SPYWARE OR OTHER ,HARMFUL SOFTWARE.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ,COMPUTER SECURITY AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE ,FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA ,RESULTING FROM DOWNLOADING OR OBTAINING SUCH MATERIAL.,11.2Validity of information,Diffen.comis an online collaborative resource, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and ,groups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge.
The structure of ,Diffen.comallows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content.
Please be advised that ,nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to ,provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information.
,That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information on Diffen.com.
much ,of the time you will.
However, Diffen cannot guarantee the validity of the information found ,here.The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by ,someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.
,No formal peer review ,Diffen.comis not uniformly peer reviewed.
while readers may correct errors or engage in casual ,peer review, they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any ,implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever.
Even articles that have been ,vetted by informal peer review may later have been edited inappropriately, just before you view ,them.
,None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, or anyone else connected with Diffen in ,any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous ,information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.,11.3Trademarks ,Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights or ,similar rights that are mentioned, used or cited in the articles of Diffen.comremainsthe property ,of the respective owners.
The use here does not imply that you may use them for any other ,purpose other than for the same,or a similar informational use as contemplated by the original ,authors of these Diffen articles under the Creative Commons license.
Unless otherwise stated,,Diffen is neither endorsed nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such ,Diffen cannot grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials.
Your use of any such or ,similar incorporeal property is at your own risk.
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The Diffen database is stored on a ,server in the United States of America, and is maintained in reference to the protections afforded ,under local and federal law.
Laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow the ,same kinds of speech or distribution.
Diffen does not encourage the violation of any laws.
and ,cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain or use, ,reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.
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Diffen makesno warranty whatsoever,that any of the articles on these topics are accurate.
There is absolutely no assurance that any ,statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or ,up-to-date.
The overwhelming majority of such articles are written, in part or in whole, by ,nonprofessionals.
Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you ,or your symptoms.
,The medical information provided on Diffen.comis, at best, general in nature and cannot serve ,asa substitute for the advice of a medical professional(for instance, a qualified ,doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on).
Diffen is not a medical provider.,None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, and sponsorsofDiffen,or ,anyone else connected to Diffen,takes or assumes any responsibility for the results or ,consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented on this web site.
,Nothing on Diffen.com should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical ,opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.,b.Legal Disclaimer ,DIFFEN DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL OPINIONS,Diffen.com alsocontains articles on several legal topics.
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Even if a ,statement made about the law is accurate, it may only be accurate in the jurisdiction of the person ,posting the information.
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Please ,contact a local bar association, law society or similar association of jurists in your legal ,jurisdiction to obtain a referral to a competent legal professional if you do not have other means ,of contacting an attorney-at-law, lawyer, civil law notary, barrister or solicitor.
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,Nothing on Diffen.com should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a legal opinion ,or otherwise engage in the practice of law.,11.6Content Disclaimer ,DIFFEN CONTAINS SPOILERS AND CONTENT YOU MAY FIND OBJECTIONABLE,In its ambitious mission of documenting knowledge about differences between entities, ,Diffen.comcontains articles on a vast array of topics.
A relatively small fraction of these topics ,are frequently censored by educational, governmental, corporate, parental and other filtering ,schemes.
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We encourage readers to help us fix these problems.
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Readers should not judge the ,importance of topics based on their coverage in Diffen.com, nor assume that a topic is important,merely because it is the subject of a Diffen article.
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The authors may not be qualified to provide ,you with complete information or to inform you about adequate safety precautions or steps you ,can take to prevent injury, bodily damage, or other damages to your person, property or ,reputation.
,Diffen.comis not uniformly peer reviewed.
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You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use ,or purchase certain other services such as third-party content or third-party software.,13.3Choice of Law and Forum.The Terms of Use Agreement and the relationship between ,you and Diffen shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington.
You and Diffen agree ,to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within King County, ,Washington.
Thisis true even if you live in a different state or country.
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If any provision of the Terms of Use Agreementis found by a court of competent ,jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give ,effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms ,of Use Agreement remain in full force and effect.,13.5No right of survivorship and non-transferability.You agree that your Diffen account,is non-transferable and any rights to your Diffen I.D.
or content within your account terminate ,upon your death.,13.6Statute of Limitations.Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of ,Diffen.com or the Terms of Use Agreement must be filed within one year after such claim or ,cause of action arose or be forever barred.,13.7Assignments, You may not assign any of your rights, obligations, privileges or ,performance hereunder without the prior written consent of Diffen, which Diffen may withhold ,or grant in its sole discretion.,13.8Entire Agreement.
This agreement is complete and effective at the time you agree to it ,by accessing or using Diffen.com.
This agreement,together with any documents specifically ,incorporated by reference,constitutesthe entire agreement between Diffen and you.