Terms of Use Agreement

Personal Information Research Assistant (PIRA)
Copyright © 2006-2010, Anatoliy Gruzd. All rights reserved.
developed by: Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University (AnatoliyGruzd.com)

Please read this agreement carefully. Your use of any service made available through PIRA (the Service) indicates that You accept the following terms and conditions. If You do not agree to these terms and conditions, You may not use the Service.

1. Use of Service You may submit information to PIRA, which will be used to run a designated program, generate results, and provide the results to You, over the World Wide Web. You may use the results for academic research purposes only, but you can NOT use PIRA or its results for any commercial purposes. You agree not to imply that the results have any warranty or endorsement from Anatoliy Gruzd. You agree not to send automated queries of any sort to PIRA. You acknowledge that Anatoliy Gruzd is currently providing this service for Free at no charge to you.

You are solely responsible to make certain that you hold all licenses and permission to locate, retrieve, manipulate or use any information/data that you submit to PIRA. Furthermore, You represent that the information/data You submit does not violate a privacy, publicity or moral right, or disclose personal, government, business or other information without permission. For quality control and other purposes, PIRA may collect usage statistics and monitor your use of the Service and transmission of information/data through it to help improve services and features of PIRA. None of the information (mandatory and optional) that you submit to PIRA will be provided to any third party. However, the user is warned that Antoliy Gruzd cannot fully guarantee the safety of these data. Antoliy Gruzd is not responsible for any third party seeing or obtaining information/data or results transmitted through the Service.

2. Term and Termination The term of this Agreement will begin when You first use the Service, and will end the earliest of when you stop using the Service. Antoliy Gruzd may terminate your use of the Service at any time and for any reason.

3. Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SERVICE.

You are solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of this Service for your purpose, and assume all risks associated with its use, including risks connected with your submission of information. The risks You assume include, but are not limited to, the risks of program errors; damage to or loss of information, programs or equipment; and unavailability or interruption of operations. Antoliy Gruzd is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, content or availability of the Service or results from it.

You agree to indemnify and hold Antoliy Gruzd harmless from all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Antoliy Gruzd as a result of any claim, proceeding or judgment arising out of Your use of the Service or the results.

This Agreement is the only agreement we have regarding your use of the Service. It replaces all other communications and agreements we may have had prior to this Agreement. Antoliy Gruzd may modify this Agreement at any time by posting a new agreement with the Service. If You do not accept the modification, You must promptly stop using the Service. By continuing to use the Service, You accept the modification.