Terms of Use for Downloadcrew.com

This Web site is provided to you free of charge, "as is," by Betanews, Inc. ("Betanews").

By using the information, services and products available through this Web site you are agreeing to the terms and conditions contained herein. This Web site contains links to other Betanews sites that contain additional Terms of Use. Your use of any Betanews site shall also subject you to the Terms of Use of each of those sites. To the extent that the Terms of Use on any Betanews site conflicts with any terms and condition contained herein, the Terms of Use of such site shall control.

In order to comply with the COPPA ruling, if you are younger than 13 years of age, you are forbidden from becoming a member of Betanews or posting information on Betanews message boards without direct parental consent. You may have your parent or guardian contact us to verify that you have been granted permission to use this site.

Liability Disclaimer

The information, services and products available to you on this Web site may contain errors and is subject to periods of interruption. While Betanews does its best to maintain the information, services and products it offers on the Web site, it cannot be held responsible for any errors, defects, lost profits, or other consequential damages arising from the use of this Web site.

BETANEWS PROVIDES THE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. ALL EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

IN NO EVENT SHALL BETANEWS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, ARISING FROM THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEB SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, EVEN IF BETANEWS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THIS WEB SITE, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO CEASE USING THE WEB SITE.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Betanews, its officers, directors, owners, agents and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the message boards on Betanews Web sites, the violation of these terms and conditions by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of the message boards using your computer, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. Betanews reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.

Copyrighted Information

The message boards on these Web sites may contain material that has been copied from another individual or entity. Please contact us if you believe someone has posted copyrighted information on a message board contained on these Web sites.

Termination

Betanews reserves the right to terminate your Account at any time or for any reason, with or without notice. Once your Account is terminated you agree not to post on the message boards, or to assist or cause another person to post messages on your behalf.

Miscellaneous

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, U.S., and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the state of California. In the event that any portion of these terms and conditions is deemed by a court to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the message boards contained on these Web sites, or the use of these Web sites, must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

All contents in these Web sites are Copyright © Betanews, Inc. All rights reserved.

All other marks that appear throughout these Web sites belong to Betanews, Inc. and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. Any use of any of the marks appearing throughout these Web sites without the express written permission of Betanews, Inc. is strictly prohibited.

Privacy Statement for Downloadcrew.com

Betanews, Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: Betanews.com and network sites. The Betanews.com and network Web sites ("sites") are operated by Betanews, Inc. ("Betanews"). You can reach us with questions regarding this statement via the contact page.

Your IP address is used only when you become a member as a backup identification tool for polls and other member services.

Our sites use cookies to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our sites, and for other purposes. These cookies are used soley for the sites, and the content contained is not distributed to third parties.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and e-mail address). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information related to Betanews.com only when requested by said user. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Your e-mail address will never be given or sold to a third party and will only be viewed by Betanews. Your mobile device e-mail address not be disclosed and will only be used for sending breaking news upon request. Other information you use will only be used to collect broad demographic information about our visitors.

This site contains links to other sites. Betanews is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their e-mail address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). The customer's contact information is only used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving mailings they have signed up for; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected on our sites. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.

Third Party Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our sites. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please click here.

Third Party Cookies

In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.

Public Forums/User Comments

Our sites make message boards available free to users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security Information

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our servers have strict security in place to prevent an intruder from retrieving personal information about our users. Staff overlook server access daily to ensure the above holds true.

Children's Guidelines

This site gives children between the ages of 13 and 18 the ability to publicly post or distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent. Please take proper measures if you do not wish your child to have access to public forums and message boards. As always, exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in a public forum.

In order to comply with the COPPA ruling, if you are younger than 13 years of age, you are forbidden from becoming a member of Betanews or posting information on Betanews message boards without direct parental consent. You may have your parent or guardian contact us to verify that you have been granted permission to use this site.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, you can reach us via the contact page.