Staying Connected Privacy Policy

Social Sampling, the owner of StayingConnected.com, is well aware that trust is the foundation for a successful connection. Accordingly, the privacy policy that governs our websites is intended to both protect and respect your privacy. By providing any personal information to Staying Connected, all persons fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information.

How your information is used

If you choose to provide us with personally identifiable information when visiting our websites, it will only be used to facilitate the online application process and to support Consumer Connectors by allowing for online event/project booking, purchase of event/project materials, information updates and participation in voluntary surveys. Personally identifiable information includes, but is not limited to, name, physical address, zip code, email address, phone number, social security number, birth date and credit card information.

If, however, we are required by law to comply with a valid legal requirement such as a law, regulation, subpoena, search warrant or court order, Social Sampling may be required to release personal information. We may also use personal information in a way that does not specifically identify you or allow you to be contacted, but does identify certain general information about our users. For example, we may inform third parties about survey results. We may also disclose personal information only as required to fulfill orders and conduct billing/credit card processing.

Unless you instruct us otherwise, we may contact you to provide information about events/projects, surveys, promotions or other activities that may be of interest to you.

Sharing of Information

We will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to others. We will only share personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us with the agency partners of Social Sampling and/or business affiliates, which are governed by our policies with respect to the use of such information and are bound by suitable confidentiality agreements.

Security

We are dedicated to maintaining the security of your personal information and strive to make certain that our servers and connections incorporate the latest encryption and security devices. To prevent unauthorized access, we employ physical, electronic and managerial procedures to secure and safeguard the information we collect.

Options

If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us in the future, you may unsubscribe through links on the e-mail. If you would like to update or make changes to your personally identifiable information, you may do so on the website.

If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and provide you with an opportunity to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, check our website periodically for updates.

Links to Third Party Websites

Links to third party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Staying Connected website. Staying Connected has not reviewed these websites and is not associated with and is not responsible for their content or their privacy policy. Staying Connected does not endorse or make any representations about any information, products, materials or results found on such third party websites. Should you choose to access any of the third party websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a small file that is stored on your computer that allows us to store information that is used by the website. For example, we use cookies to manage your sign in and the security that allows only authorized users to view the website. Your Internet browser must have cookies enabled for Staying Connected to function properly. Cookies are typically turned on by default in most browsers.

Our Commitment to Children’s Online Privacy

Consumer Connectors must be at least sixteen years of age. Persons between the ages of sixteen and eighteen may only be hired in compliance with applicable state and federal law. Out of special concern for children’s privacy, Social Sampling does not knowingly allow children under the age of sixteen to become registered members of our sites, apply for employment, or buy products or services on our sites. Staying Connected does not knowingly solicit or collect personal information about children under sixteen.

In the event that Staying Connected ever decided to expand its intended site audience to include children under thirteen, those specific web pages will, in accordance with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), be clearly identified and provide an explicit privacy notice directed at children under thirteen. Additionally, we will provide an appropriate mechanism to obtain parental approval and allow parents to make subsequent changes to or request removal of their children’s personal information, and to provide access to any other information as required by law.

Disclaimer

Any views expressed on this website are strictly for entertainment purposes and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. As entertainment, the viewer should not rely for any reason on the message given. Access to this website is not intended to constitute an offer of employment—all applications are subject to standard processing. All products purchased through this website are provided “as is” and without any warranty, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranty of merchantability and warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

 
STAYING CONNECTED USER AGREEMENT
 

This Website Use Agreement ("Agreement") is between you ("User") and Social Sampling, Inc. ("SSI” and/or “Company”), owner of Staying Connected. In consideration of the right to access and use the Staying Connected website, ("Website"), and the services offered on the Website, User agrees to the terms and conditions of use set forth in this Agreement. User's continued use of the Website indicates User's willingness to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set forth below. This Agreement applies to the services currently offered by SSI and any services or products that they may choose to offer in the future (unless stated otherwise).

  1. Covenant to Read Agreement

    User acknowledges that User has read the terms and conditions of use and accepts the terms thereof. USER AGREES TO READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. If User does not agree to these terms and conditions of use, User may not access or otherwise use the Website.

  2. Company’s Control Over Website

    1. Company has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the use of the Website and its content, and, except as otherwise provided under Section 4, Privacy, may freely use and disclose any information and materials received from the User or collected through User's use of the Website for any lawful reason or purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, Company has the right to remove any material that Company, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
    2. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Website.
    3. Company reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government demand.
    4. Company does not control all information or material posted on the Website regarding advertisements (“Advertisements”) on the Website by participating advertisers and therefore, Company does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Advertisements nor does Company necessarily endorse any such products or services.
    5. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time. Notification of changes in the Agreement will be posted on the Website. Amendments to the Agreement will take effect immediately upon being posted to the Website, and User's continued use of the Website constitutes User's acceptance thereof.
    6. Company may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time, including, but not limited to, content, services offered, products offered, database, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
    7. Company may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict User's access to parts or the entire Website without notice or liability.
  3. Intellectual Property Rights

    1. The Website is protected by copyright under United States copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. State, national, and international laws of trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition protect the Company’s logo, slogans, and other distinctive designs.
    2. All materials contained within the Website (the "Content") are protected by copyright and are owned or controlled by Company, and/or their licensors, and/or advertisers, and/or creators and/or the party credited as the provider thereof. User will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content on the Website.
    3. User may download and make copies of the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the Website for personal, noncommercial use only, provided that User maintains all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. Copying or storing of any Content for other than User's personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of the Company or the copyright holder identified in the Content's copyright notice.
    4. By uploading files, inputting data or engaging in any other form of communication (individually or collectively "Communications") to the Website, User hereby grants to Company a perpetual, world-wide, irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, license, sublicense, adapt, distribute, display, publicly perform, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit, and otherwise exploit such Communications, subject to Section 4, Privacy, in all media now known or hereafter developed.
    5. User hereby waives all rights to any claim against the Company for any alleged or actual infringements of any intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights, and rights of attribution in connection with such Communications.
  4. Privacy

    Use of the Website is subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy incorporated herein by reference.

  5. User's Covenants

    User represents, warrants and covenants:

    1. that User shall not upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Website any materials which:

      1. restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Website,
      2. are unlawful, threatening, harassing, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, tortious or indecent,
      3. constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law,
      4. violate, plagiarize, or infringe the rights of third parties, including, but not strictly limited to, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary rights,
      5. contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other harmful components that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information,
      6. contain any information, software or other material of a commercial nature,
      7. contain advertising of any kind,
      8. constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact, or
      9. would harm minors in any way; and
    2. User further promises not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any business being conducted on the Website. User may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website's infrastructure (e.g., the sending of mass e-mail or junk mail, known as "Spamming").

  6. User's Acknowledgments

    1. User acknowledges that any and all information provided by User in the course of using the Website becomes the property of the Company. The Company may use this information for any lawful purpose, subject to the Company's Privacy Policy.
    2. User acknowledges that any employment obtained through use of the Website is in no way guaranteed and shall be strictly at-will employment and may be terminated with or without cause, with or without notice, at any time, at the option of either the employer or the employee. If employed, there will be no agreement, express or implied, between the employer and employee for continuing or long-term employment. No Company employee, representative, agent, partner or associate has the authority to enter into a contract for employment. User acknowledges that any offer of employment obtained through the use of Website shall be governed by all applicable federal and state law.
    3. User acknowledges that the physical requirements of all Consumer Connector positions necessitate the ability to stand for a minimum of five (5) hours, to lift and carry twenty-five (25) pounds without assistance and to reach a shelf height of seventy-two (72) inches without assistance.
    4. User acknowledges that transmissions to and from this Website may be read or intercepted by third parties.
    5. User acknowledges that any reliance upon any opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, information, or any other material contained in the Website or any of its links shall be at User's own risk.
    6. User is responsible for any and all fees, taxes, and expenses which may be incurred through the use of this Website or as the result of the purchase of products/services from within it.
    7. User acknowledges that by using the Website, User may be exposed to information or material that may be offensive, indecent, objectionable or otherwise inappropriate and that in no way will Company be liable or held responsible for any such material.
    8. User acknowledges that Company does not attempt to review, edit, modify, regulate or control the content of any sites that are linked to the Website and that Company shall not be held responsible or liable for the accuracy, legality, decency or copyright and trademark compliance of any third party site or Advertisement.
  7. Disclaimers

    1. *Free samples are provided on an “as available” basis only. Provision of free samples is not guaranteed.
    2. By using the Website and the services Company offers, User may have access via links to other companies and/or retailers. Access to such companies and/or retailers does not constitute an endorsement by Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any companies and/or retailers, or the resources, products or services offered by them. Company makes no guarantees as to linked companies and/or retailers or their products or services, or any information found on the Internet that User may access through use of the Website.
    3. The Company does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, or other information displayed or distributed through the Website.
    4. Company is not an author of materials posted to the Website by participating Advertisers, and Company is not responsible for any such materials posted thereby.
    5. Company disclaims any and all responsibility for content contained in any third party materials provided on the Website or through links on the Website.
    6. While Company provides links to participating retailers and other vendors who sell their products on-line, Company does not endorse or control these independent websites. Accordingly, Company does not provide any warranty or guarantee of any kind that User will be satisfied with the products or services offered by retailers and Company disclaims any and all responsibility for any such products or services purchased or otherwise used or obtained by User. Likewise, Company is not the seller of merchandise purchased on the Website and is in no way responsible for shipping such merchandise and Company disclaims any and all responsibility for the shipping and handling of any products.
  8. Disclaimer of Warranty

  9. THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." USER UNDERSTANDS AND EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT THE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ALL ITS CONTENTS IS AT USER'S SOLE RISK, THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO USER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

    EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IT MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, REGARDING ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET USER'S REQUIREMENTS, BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.

    COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, ILLEGAL, TORTIOUS OR INFRINGING CONDUCT OF ANY USER. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE OR WITH ANY OF COMPANY'S TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

    THE WEBSITE CONTAINS LINKS AND POINTERS TO PARTICIPATING ADVERTISER, RESOURCES AND SPONSORS OF THE WEBSITE. LINKS TO AND FROM THE WEBSITE TO THIRD PARTY SITES DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT BY COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES OF ANY THIRD PARTY RESOURCES, OR THEIR CONTENTS.

    ADVICE OR INFORMATION OBTAINED BY USER, EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITTING, FROM THE WEBSITE OR SOME SERVICE OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE SHALL NOT CREATE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

  10. Limitation of Liability

  11. THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE WEBSITE, RESULTING FROM LOSS OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF A USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA OR FOR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL DAMAGES EXCEED FEES, IF ANY, PAID BY USER TO COMPANY.

  12. Indemnification

    1. User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all third party claims, liability, damages, and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) arising from User's use of the Website, User's violation of the terms of the Agreement or User's infringement, or infringement by any other user of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The terms of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the Company's successors, assigns and licensees.
    2. User covenants to cooperate fully in the defense of any claim.
    3. Company reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by User and User shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of the Company.
  13. Notices

    Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by e-mail to SCContactUs@StayingConnected.com (in the case of Company) or to the e-mail address User provided to Company during User's use of the Website (in the case of User), or such other address as either party may specify. Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after e-mail is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the e-mail address is invalid.

  14. Term; Termination

    The term of this Agreement shall commence when the User first visits the Website and shall apply to all of User's subsequent visits. The Company may, with or without cause, immediately terminate this Agreement, and deny User access to the Website. Without limiting the foregoing, Company has the right to immediately terminate User's right to access the Website in the event that User breaches this agreement or engages in conduct that Company, in its sole discretion, considers unacceptable. If this Agreement is terminated, User will no longer be authorized to access the contents of the Website. In the event of termination, the restrictions imposed on User with respect to material downloaded from the Website, the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities and indemnification set forth in this Agreement, shall survive.

  15. Breach

    Company may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate User's right to access the Website if User breaches this Agreement or if the Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information User has provided. In addition, Company may, with or without cause, cancel, alter or change User’s right to access the Website without notice. Company's failure to act with respect to a breach by User or others does not constitute a waiver of Company's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. Without limiting any other rights Company has, User understands and acknowledges that Company, in its sole discretion, may pursue legal and/or equitable relief against User if User breaches or threatens to breach this Agreement.

  16. Governing Law

    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflicts of law provisions. Sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any action or proceeding arising out of or related to the User's Agreement shall be in the federal and state courts located in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Southeast Judicial District.

  17. Miscellaneous

    This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between Company and User with respect to User's use of the Website. Any cause of action User may have with respect to the use of the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. User may not assign this Agreement.