Terms and Conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to your use of the Chatovod service. By your use of Chatovod you agree to be bound hereby.

Communications with Third Parties. Communications using the Chatovod service are not monitored or controlled by us. By using Chatovod, you may receive communications that you find objectionable, inappropriate, or offensive. We cannot guarantee who will or will not communicate with you using Chatovod and assume no responsibility for any such communications using Chatovod. If you wish to block the private messages from someone, you may do so by clicking on the "block" button when you receive a message. Chatovod group chats have several user moderation mechanisms, that allow chat owners and participants to moderate chat content and block unwanted users.

No Illegal Use. You may not use Chatovod for any abusive or illegal purpose. You may not harm minors in any way. You may not "stalk" or otherwise harass other Chatovod users.
Chatovod may delete, remove (without notice) any user content, accounts, or Chatovod groups or terminate access of any user in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason. This includes users that in the sole judgment of Chatovod violate these rules and user content and Chatovod groups that might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others, or that could adversely affect operations of Chatovod service.

No Spam. You may not use Chatovod to transmit junk mail or spam.

Age limitation. You must be at least 13 years old to use Chatovod. Parents are advised to take suitable precautions to restrict the use of the Internet and the Chatovod service by their children. Your account may be deleted without warning, if it is found that you are misrepresenting your age.

No Explicit Adult Content. You may not post content that contains pornography, excessive violence, or contains a link to an adult website to user profiles or to Chatovod Groups. Chatovod reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who, in Chatovod's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting users posting links to illegal (child) pornography to NCMEC.ORG, other authorities, removing the offending content from Chatovod and blocking corresponding accounts.

Privacy Policy. Use of Chatovod is subject to the Chatovod privacy policy.

No Responsibility For Third Party Content. By using Chatovod, and Chatovod Groups, you acknowledge that Chatovod acts only as a forum and technical means of communication between users and that Chatovod does not evaluate or control in any ongoing manner messages or other content posted by the users. Any opinions or statements expressed by a user are those of the user only, are owned by the user, and do not belong to Chatovod. Chatovod does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, safety, innocuousness, slanderous nature of, legality or applicability of anything posted, displayed, linked, uploaded, recorded, broadcast or otherwise made available by any user.

Payments and Refunds. Chatovod offers certain premium features for paid users. If a paid Chatovod user requests a refund, it may be issued only in exceptional cases, and if notification is received by Chatovod within 21 days of the date of payment. If issued, a refund will result in the termination of the user's access to the premium features. Paid Chatovod users are not exempt from the usual rules: they can still be banned by moderators and flagged by other users.

Copyright Infringement Notifications. Chatovod is committed to protecting the intellectual property of third parties. To file a copyright infringement notification with us, please send a fax or written communication that includes the following (please consult your legal counsel or see Section 512(c)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act):

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled: provide exact URLs on Chatovod.com that contain images, videos or other works made available through Chatovod that infringe your copyright. In the case of the group chats, please ALSO provide THE EXACT DATE, TIME AND IF AVAILABLE THE USERNAME AS THEY APPEAR ON REPRESENTATIVE MESSAGES that contain material infringing your copyright.

A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please note that under Section 512(f) any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability for damages. Do not make unsubstantiated claims.
The information provided in your legal notice may be forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content.

Ownership of Intellectual Property. Chatovod and all of the technology and intellectual property contained therein is owned by us.

Changes In Terms of Use. We may modify or terminate the Chatovod service from time to time, for any reason, and without notice. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use from time to time without notice. Please review these Terms of Use from time to time so that you will be apprised of any changes.

Disclaimer of Warranties. We disclaim any and all responsibility or liability for the content of any communications made using Chatovod or any harm resulting from transmitting or receiving communications using Chatovod.
THE CHATOVOD SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF CHATOVOD. WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES FOR STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, INFORMATION OR ADVICE MADE OR OBTAINED USING CHATOVOD.

Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO ANY USER ON ACCOUNT OF THAT USER'S USE OR MISUSE OF OR RELIANCE ON CHATOVOD. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES).

Miscellaneous Provisions. These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.

Jan 1, 2013