1. Eligibility

You must be 18 or over, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to register as a member of MetroBump Site or use the MetroBump Site and MetroBump Services. If you are under the age of 18 or the applicable legal age in your jurisdiction, you can use the MetroBump Service only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parent or guardian who has agreed to the Terms of Service. If you do not qualify, do not use the Service. Membership in the MetroBump Service is void where prohibited by applicable law, and the right to access the MetroBump Site is revoked in such jurisdictions. By using the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms of Service and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2. Changes to the Agreement or the MetroBump Services

You agree and understand that these Terms of Service, the MetroBump Site and the MetroBump Services may be modified by MetroBump.com at any time without prior notice, and such modifications will be effective upon MetroBump.com's posting of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the MetroBump Site. You agree to review the Terms of Service periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued use of the MetroBump Service after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the modified Terms of Service. Unless expressly stated otherwise by MetroBump.com, any new features, new services, enhancements or modifications to the MetroBump Service implemented after your initial access to the Service shall be subject to these Terms of Service.

3. Registration and Security

In order to use or access some of the MetroBump Services, you may be required to register with MetroBump Site and to select a password and user name, which shall consist of an email address you own and use ("User ID"). If you register, you agree to provide MetroBump.com with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Service, which may result in immediate termination of your account. You may not:

1. enter, select or use a false name or an email address owned or controlled by another person with the intent to impersonate that person, or,
2. use as a User ID a name subject to any rights of a person other than yourself without appropriate authorization. MetroBump.com reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a User ID in its discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID and password. Any User ID and password provided to you for your access to the MetroBump Service shall be for your personal use only. You agree to
   1. immediately notify MetroBump.com of any unauthorized use of your User ID or password, and
   2. 2. ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

4. Use of the Site/Services by Members

You may use the MetroBump Site to solicit reviews from, and share reviews with other MetroBump users. You may search the MetroBump Site database for business listings, reviews and business contact information. You may forward reviews to people you know, whether or not they are existing MetroBump Site users. You may invite people you know to join MetroBump Site. You may download or copy the portions of the information, data, text, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages and other materials available via the MetroBump Service ("Content"), and other items displayed on the MetroBump Site, for your own use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. MetroBump.com does not control the Content posted by third parties via the MetroBump Service or MetroBump Site, including the content of any messages or reviews, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the MetroBump Service you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will MetroBump.com be liable in any way for any Content, including any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your posting or use of any Content. You are responsible for complying with all laws applicable to the Content you submit via the MetroBump Service. You agree that you must evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use or posting of any Content, including any reliance on the content, integrity, and accuracy of such Content.

5. Restrictions on Rights to Use

You shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):

• modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service;
• remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service;
• use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service;
• collect any information about other users or members (including but not limited to usernames and/or email addresses) for any purpose other than to solicit and share reviews with other MetroBump Site users or members;
• reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service;
• create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
• create or transmit unwanted electronic communications such as "spam" to other users or members of the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service or otherwise interfere with other user's or member's enjoyment of the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Service;
• submit any third party materials or Content without such third party's prior written consent;
• submit any Content or material that falsely express or imply that such Content or material is sponsored or endorsed by MetroBump.com;
• submit any Content or material that infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party;
• transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature;
• use of the MetroBump Site or MetroBump Services to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material including that are deemed threatening or obscene;
• copy or store any Content offered on the MetroBump Site for other than your own use;
• submit Content or materials that are unlawful or promote or encourage illegal activity;
• submit false or misleading information to MetroBump.com;
• take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our IT infrastructure;
• use the MetroBump Site and/ or MetroBump Service, intentionally or unintentionally, to violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; or
• collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this paragraph.

6. Content Posted By You on the MetroBump Site

You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.

• You understand and agree that MetroBump.com reserve its right (but has no obligation) to review and delete any Content, business listings (including business name, address, phone, fax, distance, reviews, rating, reviews) that in the sole judgment of MetroBump violates these Terms of Service or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of other users or members of the MetroBump Site and/or other website users.
• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein you are solely responsible for the any Content that you publish or display on the MetroBump Site or transmit to other members and/or other website users (hereinafter, "Posted Content"). You are solely responsible for your ratings and reviews of businesses listed on MetroBump Site. MetroBump.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and any entity which you have reviewed.
• You agree that you will only post Content that you believe to be true and you will not purposely provide false or misleading information.
• By posting Posted Content on the MetroBump Site, you agree to and hereby do grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, MetroBump.com, its contractors, and the users of the MetroBump Site an irrevocable, perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free, fully sub-licensable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, copy, publicly perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and distribute such Posted Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Posted Content and to otherwise exploit the same for commercial or other purposes.
• The following is a partial list of the kind of Content and communications that are illegal or prohibited on/through the MetroBump Site. MetroBump.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the MetroBump Service and terminating the membership of such violators or blocking your use of the MetroBump Service and/or MetroBump Site.
• You may not post Content that:
  • is false or intentionally misleading;
  • is patently offensive such as Content or messages that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
  • harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
  • involves the transmission of unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
  • promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive;
  • is threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
  • is pornographic or sexually explicit in nature; and seeks or recommends providers of material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or seeks or recommends providers that solicit personal information from anyone under 18.
  • Otherwise illegal and/or immoral in any manner whatsoever.

7. Copyright Dispute Policy

MetroBump.com has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA (posted at http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of MetroBump.com's Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement ("Designated Agent") is provided at the bottom of this section.

• MetroBump.com Policy. It is MetroBump.com's policy to
  1. block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, Content providers, members or users; and
  2. remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders.
• Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements. If you believe that material or Content residing on or accessible through the MetroBump Site or Service infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below ("Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification"):
  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of works or materials being infringed;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that MetroBump.com is capable of finding and verifying its existence;
  4. Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, email address;
  5. A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.
• Upon Receipt of a Bona Fide Infringement Notification. Once Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is MetroBump.com's policy:
  1. to remove or disable access to the infringing material;
  2. to notify the Content provider, member or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material; and
  3. that repeat offenders will have the infringing material removed from the system and that MetroBump.com will terminate such Content provider's, member's or user's access to the service.
• Procedure to Supply a Counter-Notice to the Designated Agent. If the Content provider, member or user believes that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or the Content provider, member or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, the Content provider, member or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:
  • A physical or electronic signature of the Content provider, member or user;
• Removal. If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, MetroBump.com may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the Content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at MetroBump.com's discretion. Please contact MetroBump.com's Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following address: Copyright Agent, MetroBump.com, Email to: hello@metrobump.com

8. Venue Only

If you enter into correspondence or engage in commercial transactions with third parties in connection with your use of the MetroBump Service, such activity is solely between you and the applicable third party. MetroBump.com shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such activity. You hereby release MetroBump.com from all claims arising from such activity.

9. Privacy

Use of the MetroBump Site and/or the MetroBump Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

10. Term

These Terms of Service will remain in full force and effect while you use the MetroBump Site and/or MetroBump Services. Either Party may terminate these Terms of Service for any reason, at any time. Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Service.

11. Ownership

Except for the Content submitted by members or users, the MetroBump Service and all aspects thereof, including all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights therein, is owned by MetroBump.com or its licensors. You acknowledge that the MetroBump Service and any underlying technology or software used in connection with the MetroBump Service contain MetroBump.com's proprietary information. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display or in any way exploit, any of the content, software, and/or materials available on the MetroBump Site, or MetroBump Services in whole or in part except as expressly provided in MetroBump.com's policies and procedures made available via the MetroBump Service. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, MetroBump.com and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in the MetroBump Service not expressly granted by MetroBump to you are retained by MetroBump.com.

12. Disclaimer

THE MetroBump SITE IS PROVIDED BY MetroBump ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. MetroBump.com AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE MetroBump SITE, MetroBump SERVICE OR SOFTWARE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE MetroBump SITE OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MetroBump SERVICES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, MetroBump.com AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. MetroBump.com AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES FURTHER DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE MetroBump SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. MetroBump.com SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, OF ANY USER OF THE MetroBump SITE. MetroBump.com DOES NOT WARRANT OR COVENANT THAT THE MetroBump SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME OR FROM ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION, WILL BE SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE MetroBump SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER POTENTIALLY HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY MATERIAL OR CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE MetroBump SERVICE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY ANY USER FROM MetroBump.com, THE MetroBump SITE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE MetroBump SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.

13. Limitation on Liability

MetroBump.com shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond MetroBump.com's reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation (including "line-noise" interference).

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold MetroBump.com, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless, including costs and attorneys' fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) your access to the MetroBump Site, (ii) your use of the MetroBump Services, (iii) the violation of these Terms of Service by you, or (iv) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account or User ID or password, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

15. Miscellaneous

If there is any dispute about or involving the MetroBump Site and/or the MetroBump Service, by using the MetroBump Site, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of Republic of India and the State of Punjab without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and Courts of the State of Punjab, City of India. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms of Service and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind MetroBump.com in any respect whatsoever. MetroBump.com may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms of Service by email, regular mail or postings on the MetroBump Service. These Terms of Service, accepted upon use of the MetroBump Site, and all terms, guidelines and rules referenced herein contain the entire agreement between you and MetroBump.com regarding the use of the MetroBump Site and/or the MetroBump Service. The failure of MetroBump.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Service shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. These Terms of Service are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with MetroBump.com's prior written consent. The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. These Terms of Service include MetroBump.com's acceptable use policy for Content posted on the MetroBump Site, MetroBump.com's Privacy Policy, and any notices regarding the MetroBump Site.

16. Contact and Violations

Please contact us with any questions regarding these Terms of Service. Please report any violations of the Terms of Service to hello@metrobump.com.

17. Mark

MetroBump is a proprietary service mark of MetroBump.com