ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Thank you for participating in the Yahoo! Teachers “Sneak Peek”. Yahoo! Inc. (“Yahoo!”) provides this service to you subject to the following terms, which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you (collectively the “Terms”). You can review the most current version of these Terms at any time at: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/teachers/details.html . If you are in a jurisdiction where use of this service is prohibited, click “Cancel” and do not use the service. By using and continuing to use this service, you agree to be bound by these Terms, and represent and warrant that you are permitted to do so under applicable law. Upon the launch of the Yahoo! Teachers beta site following this Yahoo! Teachers Sneak Peek, you will be required to sign in with a Yahoo! ID in order to access the service.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
The foregoing service that you may elect to use and any other related Yahoo! or third-party services, content, or materials used that are authorized by Yahoo!, are collectively deemed to be the “Service.” By using the Service, you agree that Yahoo! has no responsibility for assessing or resolving any disputes arising from a user’s use of the Service. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that the Service is under development, and Yahoo! has no responsibility for providing customer support with regard to its use or functionality.
FEES AND PAYMENTS
Yahoo! reserves the right to charge fees for future use of or access to the Service, or other Yahoo! services and web sites, in Yahoo!’s sole discretion. If Yahoo! decides to charge fees, such charges will be disclosed to you in advance.
USER INFORMATION
By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are more than 18 years of age, you are an educator in the United States school system and you are fully competent to enter into these Terms. In addition, you represent and warrant all registration information you submit is accurate and truthful and that you agree to update and maintain the accuracy of such information when future versions of the Service launch. By using the Service, you agree that Yahoo! has the right to contact the school you say you are affiliated with and to share your submitted information with that school in order to verify that information. You further represent and warrant that your use of the Service shall not violate any applicable law or regulation. We will block your use of the Service and/or delete your account without warning if you are found to have misrepresented your age or any of the registration information submitted.
PRIVACY POLICY AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Your registration data and other information about you are subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see our full privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ .
LIMITED LICENSE
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to (1) access and use the Service strictly in accordance with these terms, and (2) use the Service solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes.
RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON USE
Your license for access and use of the Service is subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions which include but are not limited to:
the use of automated systems to assist in the registration of a user;
copying or distributing any part of the Service in any medium without prior written authorization from Yahoo!. No print out or electronic version of any part of the Service or its contents may be used by you in any litigation or arbitration matter whatsoever under any circumstances;
introducing into or transmitting via the Service any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other malicious code or items of a destructive nature;
initiating or distributing unsolicited electronic mail communications or harassment of any kind towards any user or person unrelated to the Service via the Service;
using the Service or any content or materials from the Service in any manner that may infringe any copyright, intellectual property right, proprietary right, or property right of Yahoo! or any third party;
using any automatic or manual process to harvest information from the Service;
creating and/or publishing any misrepresentations or false information that could damage the Service or any third party;
uploading or creating any content that is harmful, unlawful, libelous, harassing, pornographic, obscene, graphic, violates the rights or privacy of another, encourages conduct that could be considered a criminal act, hateful, racially or ethnically objectionable, in violation of any copyright, or otherwise reasonably deemed inappropriate by Yahoo!.
Any attempt to use automated systems to perform any task on the Service is prohibited and will result in disabling of your account and/or access to the Service.
You are responsible for preventing such unauthorized uses and are liable for such use when it occurs.
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
Yahoo! may review and delete any content that, in its sole judgment, violates these Terms or may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any user or person not associated with the Service (collectively “Inappropriate Content”). You are solely responsible for the content that you make visible on the Service or any other material or information that you transmit or share with other users or unrelated third parties via the Service.
REPORTING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
Yahoo! prohibits certain Inappropriate Content as described above. If you find Inappropriate Content on the Service that may violate the rules as described in “Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use” or “Inappropriate Content” sections of these Terms, above, we encourage you to report such Inappropriate Content to us via email at .
TERMINATION
Your license to access the Service continues until it is terminated by either party. You may terminate this License by discontinuing use of the Service. You agree that Yahoo! may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your account and access to the Service or the Yahoo! network. If your account is terminated, your rights to use the Service will stop immediately. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to (a) breaches or violations of this License, the TOS, or other incorporated agreements or guidelines; (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions); (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof); (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems; and (f) extended periods of inactivity. You agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Yahoo!’s sole discretion and that Yahoo! shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.
USE OF INFORMATION
We reserve the right, and you authorize us, to the use and assignment of all information regarding Service uses by you and all information provided by you in any manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated by you to us (collectively, “Feedback”) will forever be our property. We will not be required to treat any Feedback as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas (including without limitation service enhancements or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in our future service enhancements or operations. Without limitation, we will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Feedback of every kind and nature everywhere. We will be entitled to use the Feedback for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the Feedback. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not us, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
Yahoo! owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Service. The Service contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of the Service and its licensors. Except for that information considered public domain or for which you have written permission, you may not copy, modify, transmit, publish, distribute, display, perform, or sell any such proprietary information and you do not acquire any ownership rights in such through your use of the Service.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT
The Service may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such websites, and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us. Inclusion of any links on the Service does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Yahoo!. If you decide to leave the Service to access these third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Yahoo! reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Yahoo! shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. Yahoo! may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Service or the Yahoo! web site without notice to you or liability to Yahoo!.
NOTICE
Yahoo! may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to this License, by either email, regular mail, or postings on the Service.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE SERVICE, CLIENT SOFTWARE, CONTENT, YAHOO! INC. AND ALL RELATED PRODUCTS AND WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH “ALL FAULTS”, AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SUBMISSION OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT TO THE SERVICE, AND THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL THROUGH THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE TO YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT OR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT MAY RESULT IN THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING BACK-UPS OF YOUR INFORMATION AND CONTENT. YAHOO! IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Yahoo! and our owners, partners, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, assigns, third party suppliers of information and documents, attorneys, advertisers, product and website providers, and affiliates (collectively, “Affiliated Parties”) harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, related to your violation of these terms, your information or content, or your use of the Service.
OTHER PROVISIONS AND NOTICES: ADVERTISERS
The Service may contain advertising and sponsorships. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Service is accurate and complies with applicable laws. We are not responsible for the illegality or any error, inaccuracy or problem in the advertiser’s or sponsor’s materials.
NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
Yahoo! respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Yahoo! may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat 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 Yahoo!’s Copyright Agent the following information:
1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. 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;
6. 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.
Yahoo!’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
By phone: (408) 349-5080
By fax: (408) 349-7821
By email:
GENERAL INFORMATION
Entire Agreement. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Yahoo! with respect to the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Yahoo! with respect to the Service. With respect to your use of other authorized Yahoo! services or software, affiliate services or software, affiliate devices or equipment, affiliate content, third-party content, or third-party software, you may be subject to different terms and conditions.
Choice of Law and Forum. These Terms and the relationship between you and Yahoo! shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Yahoo! agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California.
Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of Yahoo! to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is 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 these Terms remain in full force and effect.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service, or these Terms, must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Section Titles. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of these Terms to .