Subscription to the Brilliant Connections (hereafter by name or “BC”) Site (“the Site”) and BC Tools (“BC Tools” or “the Tools”) or BC Services (“BC Services” or “the Services”) is void where prohibited. This Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older.  Any use of or access to the Site by anyone under 13, or by anyone who is under 18 and not in high school or college with approval of their respective parent or guardian, is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of these Terms of Use. By using any BC Service or the Site, you represent and warrant that you are 13 or older and in high school or college, or else that you are 18 or older, and that you agree to and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  In any event, this Site is intended to be solely utilized as a professional networking site, and is not intended to be merely a “social” site.

Brilliant Connections, LLC ("Brilliant Connections") provides individuals, businesses and organizations with (i) a variety of Tools and resources for marketing; (ii) professional networking; and (iii) communications services/products. The following are the terms and conditions for access to this web site and use of BC Tools. By clicking the ‘I accept’ button on the sign-up page, by logging in to Brilliant Connections, or by utilizing any feature or function on the Brilliant Connections (“BC”) website, you accept these terms and conditions. If you are an employee using this site on behalf of your employer, you warrant and represent that you have full authority to do so.

All content on the BC Site, including but not limited to descriptions, designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, profiles, sound and other files, and their utilization and arrangement, are the proprietary property of Brilliant Connections with all rights reserved. The BC Site may not be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without Brilliant Connections’ prior written permission, except that the foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you legally post on the Site. Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Site to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal or professional, non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Except for your own User Content, you may not upload or republish Brilliant Connections’ materials and/or content on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate the information in any other database or compilation, and any other use of the BC Site content is strictly prohibited. The aforementioned license is limited and subject to these Terms of Use and does not include use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods. Any use of the Site or its content other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of Brilliant Connections, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation, copyright, proprietary, and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implied or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time without notice and may be done so with or without cause.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other BC members and users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between members and users.

This web site, and the information which it contains, is the property of Brilliant Connections, LLC and is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by United States copyright law, trademark law, international conventions and other intellectual property laws. Violation of such laws, regulations, and/or statutes shall be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by Brilliant Connections.

Subject in each case to the terms listed in the remainder of this Agreement, you hereby acknowledge and agree that

• BC Tools may not be used for the sending of unsolicited email (sometimes called "spam").
• BC Tools may only be used for lawful purposes.
• Certain BC services will be subject to monthly subscription fees.
• You agree you will not access or otherwise use third party email lists other than those available via BC. In any event, you agree you will not utilize any email list in any unlawful or inappropriate manner.
• You agree to import, access or otherwise use only lists for which all listed parties have consented to receive correspondence from you in connection with your use of BC Tools. You hereby covenant that you shall not use any other lists in connection with your use of BC Tools. You acknowledge and agree that not all messages sent through use of BC Tools will be received by their intended recipients.
• Every email message sent by you in connection with BC Tools must contain the Brilliant Connections "unsubscribe" link that allows the recipient to remove themselves from your mailing list.
• You will comply with the restrictions on content of e-mail messages and activities using BC Tools as set forth in this Agreement.
• You will not use the BC Site or its services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site.
• You will not upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we, in our sole discretion, deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, racially objectionable, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or otherwise distasteful.
• You will not impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity.
• You will not upload, post, transmit, share, or otherwise make publicly available on the Site any private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers.
• You will not upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
• You will adopt and maintain the BC Privacy Policy, which may be modified by Brilliant Connections from time to time.
• You will enter information in the Brilliant Connections network that is truthful and correct.
• You will not post any profile in the Brilliant Connections network except your own.
• You will not infringe on any trademark, copyright, or other legal protective restriction, to which you do not have express, written authorization to use.
• You will not post “lewd” or socially unacceptable materials within the BC site.
• You agree that Brilliant Connections may terminate your profile within the Brilliant Connections network if, in the sole discretion of Brilliant Connections, your profile is determined to be distasteful or unacceptable.

You are solely responsible for the photos, profiles, messages, notes, text, information, listings, and other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on or through the Site, or transmit to or share with other users. You may not post, transmit, or share content on the Site that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post. You understand and agree that Brilliant Connections may, but is not obligated to, review the Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any information you have posted that, in Brilliant Connections’ sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup copies and replacing any content you post or store on the Site or provide to Brilliant Connections.

When you post User Content to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the content on the Site. By posting content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Brilliant Connections an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may remove your content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your content.

The BC Site, BC Tools and BC Services are provided subject to this Agreement, as it may be amended by Brilliant Connections, and any guidelines, rules or operating policies that Brilliant Connections may establish and post from time to time, including without limitation Brilliant Connections' customer Privacy Policy, as linked from all email generated from Brilliant Connections or otherwise furnished to you (the "Policy") (unless otherwise stated, all references to the Agreement shall include the Policy). By posting updated versions of the Agreement on the brilliantconnections.com website, or otherwise providing notice to you, Brilliant Connections may modify the terms of the Agreement and may discontinue or revise any or all other aspects of the Site, BC Tools, or BC Services in its sole discretion. All such changes shall become effective upon posting of the revised Agreement on the Tool or Service, or at Brilliant Connections' website. BC Tools and Services are available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, BC Tools and Services are not available to individuals under the age of 18. If you do not qualify, you are not permitted to use BC Tools. If you are using BC Tools in your capacity as an employee, you must have the ability to bind your employer by your use of the Product. You must complete the registration form on the Brilliant Connections sign up web page in order to use BC Tools. You shall provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as requested in that registration form. You may from time to time provide Brilliant Connections’ service personnel with remote access to your computers and other systems for the purpose of troubleshooting issues that arise in your use of BC Tools. You hereby waive any claim for damages from any problems that may arise from such access, including without limitation any disruption or damage caused by Brilliant Connections or its personnel.

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by calling Brilliant Connections Customer Support. There are no refunds for any fees paid.

Brilliant Connections may terminate this Agreement or BC Tools, disable your account or put your account on inactive status, in each case at any time with or without cause, and with or without notice. Brilliant Connections shall have no liability to you or any third party because of such termination or action.

USE OF BC TOOLS AND ANY RELIANCE BY YOU UPON BC TOOLS, INCLUDING ANY ACTION TAKEN BY YOU BECAUSE OF SUCH USE OR RELIANCE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT BC TOOLS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF BC TOOLS. BC TOOLS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Your sole and exclusive remedy for any failure or nonperformance of BC Tools shall be for Brilliant Connections to use commercially reasonable efforts to adjust or repair BC Tools.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS OR ANY OF ITS UNDERLYING SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, ACCOUNT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AS "BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS") BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY MONEY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COVER, RELIANCE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. IN THE EVENT THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS IS FOUND LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS TO YOU ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR BC TOOLS IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCRUAL OF THE APPLICABLE CLAIM, LESS ANY DAMAGES PREVIOUSLY PAID BY BRILLIANT CONNECTIONS TO YOU IN THAT TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

This web site may contain links to non-Brilliant Connections web sites. These links are provided to you as a convenience, and Brilliant Connections is not responsible for the content of any linked web site. Any non-Brilliant Connections web site accessed from this web site is independent from Brilliant Connections, and Brilliant Connections has no control over the content of that web site. In addition, a link to any non-Brilliant Connections web site does not imply that Brilliant Connections endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site.

In no event shall any reference to any third party or third party product or service be construed as an approval or endorsement by Brilliant Connections of that third party or of any product or service provided by a third party.

If you believe any materials accessible on or from this web site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this web site by contacting Brilliant Connections’ and providing the following information:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
3. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.

Email: bclegal@brilliantconnections.com

In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, Brilliant Connections maintains a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of this web site who are repeat infringers.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, passwords, and files. Brilliant Connections will accept the instructions of any individual who claims to be authorized to direct changes to your account so long as such person presents your username and password on-line, by e-mail or by phone. Brilliant Connections has no knowledge of your organizational structure, if you are registering for BC Tools as an entity, or your personal relationships, if you are a person. Brilliant Connections shall not be responsible for the actions of any individuals who misuse or misappropriate your contact lists or other assets using your username and password.