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Terms of use
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
1.1. Cohabitas Limited is the exclusive owner and operator of www.cohabitas.com (the “Website”, the “Site”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”).
1.2. “Service(s)” refers to your use of the Website for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to: creating an account, adding a listing, looking through other people’s listings, and communicating with other registered users and admin. The Company may offer additional services or revise any of the Services at its discretion, and this Agreement will apply to all additional Services or revised Services. The Company also reserves the right to cease offering any of the Services.
1.3. “You” refers to the user of the Website and its related services according to the present Terms of Use.
1.4. “User Content” stands for the material that you publish on the Site or send to other members except for personal contact information (such as email address, date of birth and account password).
2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
2.1. This Agreement was last updated on June 12th, 2021.
2.2. The Company’s website located at https://cohabitas.com is managed and maintained by the Company. By using our Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this “Agreement”). We encourage you to periodically review these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use the Site.
2.3. We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time. The modified Agreement will become effective and will apply to your user account and membership upon our posting it on the Website. Your continued use of our Service after a modification has been posted shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of any such modification.
3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
3.1. Monitoring of information. Although we do not currently do this, we may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your interests in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you.
We reserve the right to monitor all advertisements, user content postings and user messages to ensure that they conform to content guidelines that are designed to give everyone a safe and useful experience, monitored by us and subject to change from time to time.
3.2. Subscription to newsletters. Your email address and name will be added to our newsletter mailing list upon registration and you have the right to manage your newsletter subscription on your account page.
3.3. No responsibility. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for interruption or suspension of the Service, regardless of the cause of the interruption or suspension.
4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF USERS
4.1. Eligibility. You must be 35 years of age or older to visit or use this Website or the Services in any manner. By visiting the Website or accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to the Company that you: (i) are 35 years of age or older, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by the Agreement; (ii) will use the Website in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations; and (iii) have not been convicted of any offence.
4.2. Exclusive Use. Your account is for personal use only, including when that is on behalf of a family member or other person for whom you are setting up an account. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that the Company is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your username and password.
4.3. Code of conduct. You agree to use the Service in accordance with the following Code of Conduct:
You shall keep all information provided to you through the Service as private and confidential and shall not give such information to anyone without the permission of the person who provided it to you.
You shall only use the messaging service to contact other users about their specific listing for a room to rent or as a potential housemate.
You shall not use the Service to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behaviour, including but not limited to the posting of communications, pictures or recordings which contain libelous, slanderous, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise offensive language.
You shall not forward chain letters through the Service.
You shall not use the Service to infringe the privacy rights, property rights, or any other rights of any person.
You shall not post messages, pictures or recordings or use the Service in any way that:
– violates, plagiarizes or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any copyright or trademark law, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights, or
– is fraudulent or otherwise unlawful or violates any law.
You shall not use the Service to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.
You shall not use the Service to distribute or upload any virus, or malicious software of any type, or do anything else that might cause harm to the Service, the Website, the Company, its systems, or any other members’ systems in any way.
4.4. Security. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any unauthorized access to your account. For your own security it is advisable to log out when you finish use of the Services on a public computer or share a computer with others. When logging into the Services using a public computer please use caution to prevent other people from learning your username and password.
4.5. Interaction with the Company. By signing up on the Website you agree that the following information about you including but not limited to: photographs, first name, last name, username, age, birth date, reason to register and other information will be held by Cohabitas. Your login information such as email address and password will be encrypted by the method of irreversible encryption and only used by the Company to confirm your identity.
You agree to receive messages from the end users of the https://cohabitas.com for the purpose of acquaintance and interpersonal messaging.
You agree to receive messages from the admin team at https://cohabitas.com for the purpose of assisting you in registering, managing or deleting your account.
You agree to allow use of your room to rent, housemate or service listing details and your username in Company email newsletters and online marketing or advertising campaigns, where the purpose is to reach more people like those already registered to the Site.
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMPANY CURRENTLY DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE USERS. THE COMPANY ALSO DOES NOT INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUNDS OF ALL OF THE USERS OR ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF THE USERS AS A PART OF NORMAL OPERATIONS AND USER REGISTRATION.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES INFORMATION AND WARNINGS ABOUT PASSING OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS EMAIL ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER TO ANY OTHER USER AND THAT IF YOU DO THIS IT IS AT YOUR DISCRETION AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF THE USERS OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE USERS. THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME AND USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER REGISTERED USERS OF THIS SERVICE OR PERSONS YOU MEET THROUGH THIS SERVICE. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMPANY MAKES NO GUARANTEES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING YOUR ULTIMATE COMPATIBILITY WITH INDIVIDUALS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICE. YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION (FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR CREDIT CARD OR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION) TO OTHER USERS.
4.6. Account deletion. If you decide to be removed from the Website, you may delete your account and all information contained in the account including your username and URL to the profile page. In that case, your photographs, first name, last name, nickname, age and birth date, and any other information including personal contact information will be deleted from the Website.
4.7. External links. The Service may contain links to other Internet sites and resources (“External Links”). You acknowledge that we are not responsible for and have no liability as a result of the availability of External Links or their contents.
You understand that by using any of the External Links, you may encounter content posted by other users, that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and which may or may not be identified as having explicit language, and that the results of any search or entering of a particular URL may automatically and unintentionally generate links or references to objectionable material.
You agree to use the External Links at your sole risk and that the Company shall not have any liability to you for content that may be found to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable. It shall be your sole and exclusive obligation to prevent children and other persons from viewing or accessing any inappropriate content that may be included in or available through any External Links.
By using External Links, you acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for examining or evaluating the content, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect of such materials at External Links. The Company does not warrant or endorse and does not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any External Links or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties.
The Company shall not be responsible for the contents of, updates to, or privacy practices of third parties operating External Links, which may differ from those of the Company. The personal data you may choose to give to such third parties are not covered by Company’s privacy policies. Some third party companies may choose to share their personal data with the Company, in which case such data sharing shall be governed by that third party’s privacy policy.
You understand and agree that your use of External Links may result in harmful or unwanted content or malicious software infecting or interacting with your computer or mobile device. You accept all risk in connection with such External Links, and you agree that the Company shall have no responsibility to you in the event your computer or mobile device is affected in any way by your use of External Links.
4.8. Disclosure by law. You acknowledge and agree that the Company may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law, at the request of a third party, or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to (i) comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law); (ii) protect or defend the Company’s, or a third party’s, rights or property; or (iii) protect someone’s health or safety, such as when harm or violence against any person (including the user) is threatened.
5. PAID SERVICES AND FEATURES
5.1. You shall agree to these terms upon registration on https://cohabitas.com.
5.2. You have the option to pay a membership fee to the Company to promote your listing as a Premium member featured listing, at the rate applicable at the time of registration or upgrade.
5.3. The membership fees and their terms are subject to change upon prior notice from the Company.
6. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
6.1. If you believe that any material or content distributed by the Company constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on our Website; your address, telephone number and email address; 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; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information about you is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
7. TERMINATION
7.1. Either you or the Company may terminate your account at any time, for any reason or no reason, without explanation, effective upon sending written notice to the other party. The Company reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate your access to any of the Services, without notice, for any reason or no reason. We also reserve the right to remove your account information or data from our Services and any other records at any time at our sole discretion. You may terminate your account by following these steps: log in to your account on the Site, go to Account and in the Delete tab and enter your password clicking on delete account. Alternatively you can send a cancellation request to: The Company, at our contact address https://cohabitas.com/contact-us/
8. CONTACT INFORMATION
The Site and the Service are operated by Cohabitas Limited, whose registered office is 15 Chalcot Road, London NW1 8LL. Communications relating to the Site or Service should be sent to admin@cohabitas.com.
