Surf Buds is a social networking service that allows Members to create unique personal profiles online in order to find and communicate with old and new friends. The services offered by Surf Buds (or "we") include the Surf Buds website (the "Surf Buds Website"), and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by Surf Buds in connection with the Surf Buds Website (collectively, the "Surf Buds Services"). The Surf Buds Services are hosted in the U.S.

This Terms of Service Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the Surf Buds Services. By using the Surf Buds Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the Surf Buds Website) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with Surf Buds). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only authorized to use the Surf Buds Services (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave the Surf Buds Website and discontinue use of the Surf Buds Services immediately. If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of the Surf Buds Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the Registration process.

This Agreement includes Surf Buds' policy for acceptable use of the Surf Buds Services and Content posted on the Surf Buds Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Surf Buds Services and Surf Buds' Privacy Policy. In order to participate in certain Surf Buds Services, you may be notified that you are required to download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions.

Surf Buds may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by Surf Buds on the Surf Buds Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Surf Buds Services after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.

Please choose carefully the information you post on Surf Buds and that you provide to other Users. Your Surf Buds profile may not include the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other Surf Buds Members (for instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and Surf Buds assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Surf Buds Services by any person, please contact Surf Buds.

Surf Buds reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Surf Buds Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. Surf Buds expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of Surf Buds Services if Surf Buds determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to Surf Buds and/or its Users.

1. Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the Surf Buds Services is void where prohibited. By using the Surf Buds Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Surf Buds Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age.
2. Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Surf Buds Services or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time by contacting Surf Buds. Surf Buds may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect, including sections 5-17.
3. Fees. You acknowledge that Surf Buds reserves the right to charge for the Surf Buds Services and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion. If Surf Buds terminates your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of subscription fees.
4. Password. When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify Surf Buds immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.
5. Non-commercial Use by Members. The Surf Buds Services are for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by Surf Buds. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Surf Buds Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the Surf Buds Website is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Surf Buds Services.
6. Proprietary Rights in Content on Surf Buds.
1. Surf Buds does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to the Surf Buds Services. After posting your Content to the Surf Buds Services, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the Surf Buds Services, you hereby grant to Surf Buds a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through the Surf Buds Services.
   
   Without this license, Surf Buds would be unable to provide the Surf Buds Services. The license you grant to Surf Buds is non-exclusive (meaning you are free to license your Content to anyone else in addition to Surf Buds), fully-paid and royalty-free (meaning that Surf Buds is not required to pay you for the use on the Surf Buds Services of the Content that you post), sublicensable (so that Surf Buds is able to use its affiliates and subcontractors such as Internet content delivery networks to provide the Surf Buds Services), and worldwide (because the Internet and the Surf Buds Services are global in reach). This license will terminate at the time you remove your Content from the Surf Buds Services. The license does not grant Surf Buds the right to sell your Content, nor does the license grant Surf Buds the right to distribute your Content outside of the Surf Buds Services.
2. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Surf Buds Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Surf Buds Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Surf Buds Services.
3. The Surf Buds Services contain Content of Surf Buds ("Surf Buds Content"). Surf Buds Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Surf Buds owns and retains all rights in the Surf Buds Content and the Surf Buds Services. Surf Buds hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the Surf Buds Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Surf Buds Website and using the Surf Buds Services.
4. The Surf Buds Services contain Content of Users and other Surf Buds licensors. Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Surf Buds Services.
7. Content Posted.
1. Surf Buds may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of Surf Buds violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. Surf Buds assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Surf Buds Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time Surf Buds chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Surf Buds Services, Surf Buds nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content.
2. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the Surf Buds Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users. Surf Buds does not endorse and has no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by Surf Buds prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Surf Buds. Surf Buds makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or information that you transmit to other Members.
8. Content/Activity Prohibited. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Surf Buds Services. Surf Buds reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Surf Buds' sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Surf Buds Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of Surf Buds:
1. is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
3. exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
4. contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
5. solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
6. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, or email addresses;
7. promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
8. 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 music or links to pirated music files;
9. involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
10. contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
11. furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
12. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
13. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
14. includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent.

The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the Surf Buds Website and through your use of the Surf Buds Services. Surf Buds reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Surf Buds' sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:

1. criminal or tortious activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
2. advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the Surf Buds Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. It is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Surf Buds Services 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, Surf Buds 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 Surf Buds deems appropriate in its sole discretion. If you breach this Agreement and send unsolicited bulk email, instant messages or other unsolicited communications of any kind through the Surf Buds Services, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to Surf Buds, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay Surf Buds $50 for each such unsolicited email or other unsolicited communication you send through the Surf Buds Services;
3. covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your surf site, or any Surf Buds page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
4. any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
5. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Surf Buds Services or the networks or services connected to the Surf Buds Services;
6. attempting to impersonate another Member or person;
7. using the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
8. selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
9. using any information obtained from the Surf Buds Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
10. displaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the Surf Buds Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, or sending private messages with a commercial purpose; or
11. using the Surf Buds Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
9. Copyright Policy. You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of Surf Buds to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of proper notification to Surf Buds by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Surf Buds Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Surf Buds Services; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) 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; (vi) 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. Copyright infringement on the Surf Buds Website can be reported via the contact form.
10. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Surf Buds Members. Surf Buds reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
11. Privacy. Use of the Surf Buds Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
12. Disclaimers. Surf Buds is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Surf Buds Website or in connection with the Surf Buds Services, whether caused by Users of the Surf Buds Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Surf Buds Services. Profiles created and posted by Members on the Surf Buds Website may contain links to other websites. Surf Buds is not responsible for the Content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Surf Buds. Inclusion of any linked website on the Surf Buds Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Surf Buds. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. Surf Buds takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Surf Buds Website or through the Surf Buds Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. Surf Buds is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Surf Buds Services. Surf Buds 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, any User or Member communication. Surf Buds 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 any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the Surf Buds Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Surf Buds Services. Under no circumstances shall Surf Buds be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Surf Buds Services, attendance at a Surf Buds event, from any Content posted on or through the Surf Buds Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the Surf Buds Services, whether online or offline. The Surf Buds Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and Surf Buds expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Surf Buds cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Surf Buds Services.
13. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL SURF BUDS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF SURF BUDS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, SURF BUDS' 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 SURF BUDS FOR THE SURF BUDS SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
14. U.S. Export Controls. Software available in connection with the Surf Buds Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Surf Buds Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.
15. Disputes. If there is any dispute about or involving the Surf Buds Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts of the United States located in the State of California, City of San Diego. Either Surf Buds or you may demand that any dispute between Surf Buds and you about or involving the Surf Buds Services must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in San Diego, California, USA, provided that the foregoing shall not prevent Surf Buds from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
16. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Surf Buds, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Surf Buds Services 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 and/or if any Content that you post on the Surf Buds Website or through the Surf Buds Services causes Surf Buds to be liable to another.
17. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Surf Buds Website or any of the Surf Buds Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Surf Buds regarding the use of the Surf Buds Services. The failure of Surf Buds to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Please contact Surf Buds with any questions regarding this Agreement.