Terms Of Use

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE (“TERMS”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE, AS THE TERMS AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE TERMS GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE. You agree to these Terms by accessing this web site, registering for this web site, accepting any information from this web site or submitting any information to this web site. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW, DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE.

Acceptance of Terms

bulantoday.com (“we” or “our” or “us”) operates this web site (“Web Site”). As set forth above, your use of this Web Site is subject to these Terms and you agree to these Terms by accessing this Web Site, registering for this Web Site, accepting any information from this Web Site or submitting any information to this Web Site. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to change these Terms. We will post changes here, so check back periodically. Your continued use of this Web Site after the posting of any change in the Terms shall constitute your renewed agreement to be bound by any such changes. In some instances, both these Terms and a separate terms of service or guidelines document setting forth additional conditions may apply to a service or product offered via this Web Site (“Additional Terms”). To the extent there is a conflict between these Terms and any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control unless the Additional Terms expressly state otherwise. Please also review the terms of this Web Site’s Privacy Policy.

General

The information, features and other content included in this Web Site have been compiled from a variety of sources, are for informational and entertainment purposes only and are subject to change at any time without notice. By accessing or linking to this Web Site, you assume the risk that the information on this Web Site may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date or may not meet your needs and requirements. We may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any of the information, features and other content included in this Web Site at any time, without notice and without liability. This Web Site is to be used solely for your noncommercial, non-exclusive and limited personal use.

Ownership of Web Site Intellectual Property and Restrictions

Except for User Content (defined in Section 4 below), this Web Site and all of the information it contains, or may in the future contain, such as articles, opinions, other text, directories, guides, photographs, graphic material, artwork, illustrations, digital still images, digital video and audio clips, databases, compilations and advertising copy, as well as the trademarks, logos, domain names, trade names, service marks and any and all copyrightable material (including source and object code) and/or any other form of intellectual property on the Web Site (collectively, the “Web Site Content”) is, between you and Company, owned by Company and is protected from unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, publicity and other laws and by international treaties.

Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms and any Additional Terms, Company grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable license to download, view, use or play a single copy of the Web Site Content (excluding source and object code) as long as it is publicly available on the Web Site, provided that you: (i) retain all trademark, copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Web Site Content or any copy you may make of the Web Site Content; (ii) do not yourself and do not allow or aid or abet any third party (whether or not for your benefit) to copy or adapt the object code of the Web Site’s software, HTML, JavaScript or other code; or reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify or attempt to discover any source code that this Web Site creates to generate its web pages or any software or other products or processes accessible through this Web Site; and (iii) do not insert any code or product to manipulate the Web Site Content or this Web Site in any way that affects any user’s experience.

Content You Submit to the Web Site

The Web Site may provide you and other users with the opportunity to participate in forums, blogs, message boards, social networking, social communities and other communication functionality and may provide you with the opportunity, through such features or otherwise, to submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to bulantoday.com or the Web Site, including, without limitation, photographs, writings, music, video, audio recordings and/or computer graphics (collectively, “User Content”).

You grant to bulantoday.com the unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual and royalty-free right and license to host, cache, store, use, copy, distribute, sell, re-sell, display, perform, publish, broadcast, transmit, modify, reformat, translate or otherwise exploit in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of your User Content for any purpose whatsoever in all formats, on or through any media or medium now known or hereafter developed and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed. You further agree that bulantoday.com is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any User Content you send to the Web Site or bulantoday.com, for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such User Content. You also grant to bulantoday.com the right to sub-license and authorize others to exercise any of the rights granted to bulantoday.com under these Terms and any Additional Terms; and each such third party will be entitled to benefit from the rights and licenses granted to bulantoday.com under these Terms and any Additional Terms. You further authorize bulantoday.com to publish your User Content in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of the Web Site and the Internet.

You agree that your User Content will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will not be returned. You agree that you either: (i) own the rights to the User Content you submit and the right to grant all of the rights and licenses in these Terms; or (ii) you have all necessary rights and licenses from the owner(s) of these rights to enter into these Terms and grant bulantoday.com these licenses. Upon bulantoday.com request, you will furnish bulantoday.com any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with these Terms and any Additional Terms.

You acknowledge and agree that bulantoday.com will not have any obligation to review, monitor, display, accept or exploit any User Content and bulantoday.com may, in its sole discretion, delete, move, re-format, edit, alter, distort, remove or refuse to exploit User Content without notice or liability. You will not receive any additional consideration or compensation for your User Content or for our exploitation of your User Content. Except as prohibited by law, you waive any moral rights you may have in any User Content you submit, even if such User Content is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

BULANTODAY DOES NOT ENDORSE THE USER CONTENT, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS WHO MAY USE OR RELY ON SUCH USER CONTENT) FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM ANY USER CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

Your Use Of The Web Site

As a user of the Web Site, you agree that you will not:
• use the Web Site, the Web Site Content or the User Content for any unlawful purposes or submit User Content that constitutes, encourages or solicits an illegal act or is posted for illegal purposes;
• violate these Terms; any Additional Terms; or any local, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation;
• violate, misappropriate or infringe upon Company’s rights or the rights of others, including, without limitation, by creating any derivative works based on the Web Site Content or submitting User Content that infringes upon, violates or misappropriates the intellectual property or publicity rights of others;
• act in a manner that is abusive; insulting; violent; harassing; unlawful; harmful; obscene; profane; vulgar; defamatory; disparaging; intimidating; degrading; threatening hateful; disparaging; defamatory; libelous; violent; threatening; tortious; sexually suggestive; or explicit or hateful on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age or disability;
• submit User Content that is false or misleading;
• submit User Content that solicits gambling or engages in any gambling activity;
• upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses or other material that interferes with any third party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Web Site, the Web Site Content or the User Content or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of the Web Site, the Web Site Content or the User Content;
• upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats, 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware,” “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”);
• advertise, promote or offer to trade any goods or services, including, without limitation, through the use of junk e-mails, chain letters, “spamming,” “phishing” or pyramid schemes;
• transmit any material or information, whether personally identifiable or not, posted by or concerning any third party, unless you have obtained the express, prior permission of such third party to do so;
• impersonate any other person or entity; misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; or use or attempt to use another’s account information, account, password or system;
• use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), scraper or offline reader that accesses the Web Site or use or launch any unauthorized script;
• cover or obscure any banner or other advertisement on the Web Site;
• manipulate identifiers to disguise the source of your User Content transmitted to or through the Web Site; and
• interfere with or circumvent any security feature of the Web Site or any feature that restricts or enforces limitations on use of or access to the Web Site, the Web Site Content or the User Content.

Your Warranties

You represent and warrant that: (i) you are not a minor and you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms in your jurisdiction and to comply with these Terms and any Additional Terms or, if you are a minor, your parent or legal guardian has read and agreed to these Terms on your behalf; (ii) all information you provide to Company is accurate and complete; and (iii) you hold and will continue to hold all rights necessary to enter into and perform your obligations under these Terms and any Additional Terms.

User Interactions and Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interaction with other users of the Web Site, whether online or offline. We are not responsible or liable for the conduct of any user. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor or become involved in disputes between you and other users.

Linking/Framing Policy

If you link to this Web Site, we require that you follow these guidelines. The link to this Web Site must not damage, dilute or tarnish the goodwill associated with any Company names or intellectual property, nor may the link create the false appearance that your web site or organization is sponsored by, endorsed by, affiliated or associated with Company. You agree that you will not link to this Web Site from any source that is unlawful, abusive, indecent or obscene; that promotes violence or illegal acts; that contains expressions of racism; that is libelous, defamatory, scandalous or inflammatory; or is otherwise inappropriate.

Under no circumstances may you “frame” the Web Site, the Web Site Content or the User Content in any way. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate a link with any web site that it deems inappropriate or inconsistent with this Web Site, these Terms or any Additional Terms. Neither Company nor the Company Affiliates are responsible for the content or performance of any portion of the Internet including other web sites to which this Web Site may be linked or from which this Web Site may be accessed. Users are requested to inform Company of any errors or inappropriate material found on web sites to which this Web Site is or may be linked.

Third Parties

Third party advertisers may offer goods, services and other materials to you on the Web Site. Your correspondence and business dealings with advertisers found on or through the Web Site including, but not limited to, the payment and delivery of goods and services, and any terms, conditions, warranties and representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or the offering of such goods, services and other materials on the Web Site.

Descriptions of, or references to, products or publications within the Web Site do not imply endorsement of that product or publication.

Your dealings or communications through the Web Site with any party other than bulantoday.com are solely between you and that third party. Under no circumstances will the Web Site, bulantoday and/or the Company Affiliates be liable for any goods, services, resources or content available through such third party dealings or communications, or for any harm related thereto. Please review carefully that third party’s policies and practices and make sure you are comfortable with those policies and practices before you engage in any transaction. Any complaints, concerns or questions you may have relating to materials provided by third parties should be forwarded directly to the third party.

Membership & Registration

Certain areas of the Web Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide information to participate in certain features or access certain Web Site Content or User Content. The decision to provide this information is purely optional; however, if you elect not to provide such information, you may not be able to access certain Web Site Content or User Content or participate in certain features of the Web Site. When you provide information to the Web Site, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information.

If you register with the Web Site, you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password, if any, and you agree you will not sell, transfer or assign your membership or any membership rights. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, if any, and for restricting access to your computer so that others may not access the password protected portion of the Web Site using your name in whole or in part. Company reserves the right to terminate your account at this Web Site or otherwise deny access to this Web Site (or any portion thereof) in its sole discretion without notice and without liability.

Fees & Payments

Company reserves the right at any time to charge fees for access to all or portions of the Web Site. However, in no event will you be charged for access to the Web Site unless we obtain your prior agreement to pay such charges. All fees and charges shall be billed to and paid for by you. You also will pay all applicable taxes.

Promotions

This Web Site may contain or offer other promotions, which may be governed by a separate set of rules that describe the sweepstakes or promotion and may have eligibility requirements, such as certain age or geographic area restrictions. It is your responsibility to read those rules to determine whether or not your participation, registration or entry will be valid and to determine the sponsor’s requirements of you in connection with the applicable promotion.

Classifieds

Acceptance of all advertising orders by us is expressly conditioned on and subject to the following terms and conditions as well as the other provisions of our Terms of Use, our Submission Guidelines and our Privacy Policy. As used in this section, “us” and “Company” means this Site, all related publications, and their respective parent(s), subsidiaries and affiliates. Submission of an ad via our online system does not constitute acceptance of, nor agreement to publish by us, the submitted material. All advertising on the Site or in our publications is subject to our standards of acceptance, as well as our credit and billing policies and general procedures. In any event, we reserve the right to edit, decline and/or properly classify any advertisement. You agree that Company’s liability in relation to any act, omission, failure to publish, mistake, and/or error in the printing/publishing of any advertisement shall not exceed the amount paid for such advertisement; and in the event of an error shall, at Company’s option, be limited to the actual cost of the space occupied by the error. Such remedy shall be your sole remedy. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES EVER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND/OR ANY OTHER COSTS ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO ANY ACT, OMISSION, FAILURE TO PUBLISH, MISTAKE, AND/OR ERROR IN THE PRINTING/PUBLISHING OF ADVERTISING. We reserve the right to limit the amount of advertising, to edit, revise or reject any advertising copy, and to cancel any advertising at our sole discretion without notice or reason. You agree not to order any advertising through this Site that in any way is fraudulent or involves the sale or offer of anything illegal; that is false, inaccurate or misleading; that creates liability for us or our affiliates; that violates any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; that discriminates on the grounds of race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, familial status, color, ancestry, source of income, housing status, or military discharge status; that is damaging, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, obscene, libelous, hateful, or invasive of another’s privacy; that misrepresents you or any other person in any way; that infringes any party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; that is about, of, or concerning any person other than yourself or that contains or constitutes any spam, scam, or unsolicited promotional information. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all liability, loss or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and similar expenses) arising from any claims, including but not limited to, libel, unfair competition, unfair trade practices, plagiarism, infringement of trademark, trade names or patents, or copyrights or violation of rights of privacy resulting from publication by us of your advertisements.

Location

Bulan Today operates the Web Site in the Philippines. Information contained on the Web Site may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to this Web Site from territories where the Web Site, Web Site Content or User Content may be illegal is prohibited. If you access the Web Site from other locations, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Violations Of These Terms

Bulan Today will determine your compliance with these Terms and any Additional Terms in its sole discretion. Any violation of these Terms or any Additional Terms may result in restrictions on your access to all or part of the Web Site and may be referred to law enforcement authorities. No waiver of any of these Terms shall be of any force or effect unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer of Bulan Today. Bulan Today reserves the right to modify or discontinue this Web Site, or any portion thereof, without notice to you or any third party. Upon termination of your membership or access to the Web Site, or upon demand by Bulan Today, you must destroy all materials obtained from this Web Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof. You are advised that Bulan Today will aggressively enforce its rights to the fullest extent of the law, including, without limitation, the seeking of criminal prosecution against you.

Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms or any Additional Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and any Additional Terms, which will remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms or any Additional Terms will be of any force or effect unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer of Company. The section titles in these Terms are for your convenience only and do not have any legal or contractual effect.

Contact Us

For questions or comments regarding these Terms and/or the Web Site please contact admin@bulantoday.com or click here to choose the appropriate contact information.