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In order to provide the best possible service for our members and avoid abuse of the system we will outline our terms and conditions that all members are obliged to adhere to.

This service agreement has been designed to ensure fairness to all our members, both site owners and advertisers. Any infringement of it will incur penalties and could lead to exclusion from the patrao network.

No offensive language, racism, sexism, pornography, illegal activity, misleading or other offensive material and/or links to such sites may be included in advertisements submitted to patrao.

We are unable to accept ads that in any way can be deemed offensive or inappropriate.

The HTML plugin code for placing patrao Network ads on web pages may not be used on any page or site that includes racist, sexist, pornographic or otherwise illegal, offensive or inappropriate content.

You may not alter the plugin HTML code provided for your web page in any way without obtaining prior permission from patrao.

Advertisements may not be placed on auto-reloading web pages except with the prior permission of patrao. This includes setting an auto-refresh function, auto-redirect pages, auto-refreshing for no justifiable reason, rotating the patrao HTML plug-in code with that of other networks or any form of site rotation system/network whereby your site and ad may be automatically loaded into a browser or any other activity that artificially enhances the performance of member sites.

All sites must begin serving patrao ads within 24 hours of submission or be subject to removal

Ads must be placed within your approved site.

Ads must form part of the site and cannot simply be added to the bottom of a page which would be considered to be outside of the borders of the website (this will be determined by patrao).

Ads may not be included within any form of email without the prior permission of patrao.

Ads may not be placed within sites which have no real content (this will be determined by patrao)

The use of 'bots' or other such programs and/or methods that seek to artificially raise the hit count or the click-through rate of your site is strictly prohibited. patrao uses sophisticated software to detect such activity. Detection of the aforementioned activity will, without notice or prior warning, result in the immediate canceling of your account.

Anything considered an attempt to artificially enhance impressions or click-thrus of ads or sites will, without notice or prior warning, result in the immediate canceling of your account.

patrao reserve the right to refuse membership to any party without explanation for any reason they deem fit.

The patrao name, information, database, reports, site, software, logo, copyright, are NOT to be copied, and/or distributed without explicit written permission from the system's administrator. Any violation of our copyright-ownership to the above mentioned items will lead to the initiation of legal proceedings.

Abuse of the system by the breaking of the above rules, or any other improper behavior may result in the immediate canceling of your membership.

patrao reserves the right to use up to 5% of the overall network ad inventory to promote the patrao ad network and associated websites.


BUYING ADVERTISING

PARTIES AND REGISTRATION: "patrao" means patrao.com, its subsidiary websites and associated websites and its agents. "You" means the person, company or business specified as the applicant for the account in the online application form. The details provided by you on the registration form are important. You must ensure they are correct and complete and inform us of any changes.

SERVICE: Buying of a campaign to advertise on patrao's website promotion service denotes acceptance of these terms and conditions ("Terms").

FEES: A fee is charged for any campaigns that you buy on patrao. This fee is, unless agreed otherwise in writing, calculated according to the rate card published at the time of booking a campaign on www.patrao.com. You can buy on credit if you have an account that has been pre-approved by patrao by e-mail. These accounts are arranged entirely at the sole discretion of patrao, and any purchasing of campaigns is deemed to accept these Terms.

All campaigns must be paid for using either:

- Credit Card
- Cash/Credits in your patrao Account

Whilst patrao cannot offer refunds on campaigns you have bought, we strive to offer the best possible customer service. If you have a complaint or query regarding a campaign you have bought, please contact us at support@patrao.com.

CAMPAIGNS: patrao will faithfully try to recruit sites to fulfill specific campaign requests. However, patrao does not guarantee that this will always be possible within any timescales agreed with you.

ADVERTISING: You warrant to patrao that all advertising placed on the patrao network by you or by patrao for and on your behalf will:

5.1 not violate any intellectual property rights of any third party;

5.2 not contain anything of a defamatory, obscene or scandalous nature;

5.3 comply with the international codes of advertising practice;

5.4. not contravene any law in any territories affecting the campaign,

and you hereby undertake to keep patrao fully and effectively indemnified in respect of any claims or proceedings, which may be brought or threatened against patrao for any breach or alleged breach of any of the above. The indemnity in this clause shall survive the termination of this Agreement howsoever caused.

LIABILITY: Your access to and use of patrao will not be liable for any damage, loss or disclosure of information, data, revenue, accounts or business that occurs in connection with your use of the patrao Network. patrao makes no representations or warranties about the condition, suitability, reliability, availability, completeness, security, timeliness, or accuracy of the information, software, products, services and materials contained in the patrao network or in respect of or in connection with the patrao network for any purpose. All such information, software, products, services and materials are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. patrao hereby disclaims all representations, warranties and conditions, express or implied, with regard to this information, software, products, services or materials, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

The information, software, products, services and other material included in or available through patrao network may not be complete, and may include inaccuracies or errors, and may also be modified or deleted from time to time.

patrao has no liability (whether in contract or tort) for any losses, costs or damages resulting from or related to use of or inability to use the patrao network to the fullest extent to which such liability may be excluded or avoided by law and in no event shall patrao be liable to you for lost profits or for indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or in relation to use of the patrao network.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold patrao and its suppliers harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liability costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees) arising from your violation of these Terms, or any third-party's rights, (including, without limitation, infringement of any copyright, violation of any proprietary right and invasion of any privacy rights). These obligations will survive any termination of your relationship with patrao or your use of the patrao network.

Nothing in these Terms shall exclude liability for death or personal injury.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, the entire liability of patrao arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the arrangements contemplated in them shall not exceed the sum paid by you to patrao for any advertising or marketing campaigns.

TERMINATION: These Terms will continue unless terminated in accordance with the following provisions If you (i) fail to make any payments due to patrao on time, (ii) are in breach of any of the terms of these Terms (except for a trivial breach remedied within 7 days of its occurrence), or any generally accepted guidelines on Internet usage and etiquette (such as restrictions on mass mailings and mass advertisements, pirating or copying software, mail bombing or attempts to violate security), (iii) you do or fail to do any act which jeopardizes the continuance of the patrao network, (iv) if bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are brought against you, (v) if you make an arrangement with your creditors or a receiver or administrator is appointed over your assets or (vi) if you go into liquidation, then patrao may terminate these Terms immediately with or without notice.

Termination shall be without prejudice to the accrued rights of the parties up to the date of termination and, in particular, shall not affect the continuing effect of Terms 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: patrao reserves the right to change the Terms at anytime, effective upon making the modified provisions available on the patrao Media Portal. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms. Continued use of the patrao Media Portal after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. patrao does not and will not assume any obligation to notify you of any changes to the Terms.

ASSIGNMENT: The agreement entered into under these Terms and any rights of access (password and username) to the patrao network provided to you may not be assigned, licensed or otherwise transferred by you to any other person without the prior written consent of patrao. It is your responsibility to ensure that your username and password are kept secure. Failure to do so is deemed misuse, and as such patrao can accept no liability and will not issue any refund in the event of a campaign being served that was not originated by you in person.

COMPLETE AGREEMENT: These Terms together with the duly completed registration form and payment method instructions, if any, are the whole agreement between you and patrao. You acknowledge that you have not entered into any agreement with patrao in reliance upon any warranty or representation made by patrao and any such representations are excluded save to the extent they amount to fraudulent misrepresentations.

GENERAL: Any notice from patrao to you may be delivered by e-mail or post to you at your last known address. Evidence of posting (either electronically or otherwise) shall be taken as evidence of delivery. The agreement shall be governed by English Law. All disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. If any term of these Terms is held to be illegal or unenforceable the validity and enforceability of the remainder shall continue in full force and effect. The provision in question shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable term which corresponds, so far as possible, with the original. Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy. All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in this agreement shall survive termination of the agreement. Neither you nor patrao shall be held liable for any loss or failure to perform any obligation hereunder due to causes beyond your or their respective reasonable control. These Terms replaces all terms and conditions previously applicable to the provision of the patrao network or any of them.

PRIVACY POLICY

We at patrao keep all of our user information (from mailing lists, correspondence, etc.) strictly confidential. This means that we will not exchange or sell your email address to anyone outside the company. As with most sites, we collect general information on visits to our pages. This information is used only for statistical purposes. None of this information is linked back to you as an individual. We will, however, try to promote member sites at http://www.patrao.com/ by publishing site logos and URLs from time to time. This will not include any personal information and can be opted out of by contacting us.


DISCLAIMER

All advertisements on patrao, and served through our system, are published in good faith. We do not under any circumstances accept responsibility for the accuracy of such advertisements, nor is any kind of warranty or endorsement expressed or implied by such publication. We specifically disclaim all and any liability to advertisers, readers and users of any kind for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever and however arising, whether due to inaccuracy, error, omission or any other cause, and whether on the part of patrao, our agents or any other person. All users are advised to check advertisement details carefully before entering into any agreements of any kind. If in doubt, please take legal advice. All advertisements are accepted at our absolute discretion. When deemed necessary, all copy may be edited and classified at our discretion. For any questions or queries regarding our service agreement, please contact us.

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