These are the terms under which DesignStyleGuide.net offers you services.

Introduction

By creating a portfolio on on www.designstyleguide.net (the "Site"), you accept all of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Service. By using the services on the site, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions with DesignStyleGuide.net and the general principles for the website.

This Agreement is effective October 13, 2008 or upon creation of a portfolio.

While using the site, you will not post content that is not explicitly approved by our editors or post items in an irrelevant category; violate any laws, third party rights, or our policies; use the site if you are not able to form legally binding contracts, are under the age of 18, or are temporarily or indefinitely suspended from membership; interfere with other user's listings; post false, inaccurate, misleading, offensive, defamatory, or libelous content; distribute or post spam; copy, modify, or distribute content from the site.

Conditional Membership

We reserve the right to terminate membership of any user who is abusing our policies or for any other reason including offensive posting of content, unprofessional email communication and prolonged inactivity. Membership can be terminated at the sole discretion of DesignStyleGuide.net.

Active Membership

We charge annual fees for membership based on package of your choice (for more details, refer to pricing). Subscription to a membership package is mandatory, and is required to maintain active status. Failure to remain subscribed to a membership package will result in the automatic deletion of your account.

You understand and agree that unless you cancel your membership or cancel your subscription with PayPal before the renewal date, you will be charged continually on your renewal date.

Fees and terms are subject to change without notice. You agree that once any fees are charged, they are non-refundable.

Content License

You hereby grant DesignStyleGuide.net a royalty free, worldwide, transferable, nonexclusive, right and license to use the Content you upload to your portfolio for the purpose of hosting, displaying and publicizing your portfolio on the site. We may also sub-license these rights to a third-party partner for the purposes of publicizing your portfolio.

Upon removal of your portfolio from the site and removal of your content from your portfolio, DesignStyleGuide.net no longer requires these rights.

Liability

We are not responsible for users' actions or inactions, including posted content.

We are not involved in any transactions between buyers and sellers. We have no control over and do not guarantee the quality, safety or legality of items advertised, the truth or accuracy of listings, the ability of sellers to sell items, the ability of buyers to pay for items, or that a buyer or seller will actually complete any transaction.

Release

If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

Access and Interference

You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the website for any purpose without our express written permission.

Additionally, you agree that you will not bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site.  You will not publish internal member information on outside websites including forums and blogs.  Violation of these rules is grounds for membership termination.

Privacy

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We store and process your information on computers located in the United States that are protected by physical as well as technological security devices. We do not have access to your password at any time and it is encrypted so no one will have access to it.We will never ask for your password in an email or anyother type of communications. We can only reset it upon request.

You can access and modify only the information you provide us.

Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees), harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

No Agency

No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

Notices

Except as explicitly stated otherwise, legal notices shall be served to the email address you provide to DesignStyleGuide.net on your profile. Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid.

Resolution of Disputes

This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Utah.

General

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. We do not guarantee we will take action against all breaches of this Agreement.

We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on the Site. Except as stated elsewhere, all amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately after they are initially posted on the Site. This Agreement may not be otherwise amended except in writing signed by both parties. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. The following Sections survive any termination of this Agreement: Fees and Services (with respect to fees owed for our services), Release, Content License, Liability, Indemnity and Resolution of Disputes.