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These terms set out here shall be known as the Shuang Xing Website Terms and
Conditions (“SHX Terms”) and shall govern the access, use and operation of the
Shuang Xing Website (“SHX Website”).
The SHX Terms are in addition to the Astro Website Terms of Use & Notices
(“TOU & Notices”) and the Astro Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”). To learn
more about how Astro collects and protects your personal date, refer to our
Privacy Policy. Any non personal information or material submitted by
you will generally NOT be treated as confidential.
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ACCEPTANCE OF SHX TERMS |
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If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you must seek parental
and/or guardian approval before accessing and/or use of the SHX Website. Astro
considers it the responsibility of parents and/or guardian to monitor their
children(s) access and/or use of the SHX Website.
By accessing, browsing or using the
SHX Website, you agree to these terms and represent and
warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to
enter into this agreement comprising the SHX Terms and the
TOU & Notices, and to abide by all of the terms and
conditions of the SHX Terms and the TOU &
Notices. |
| b. |
You agree that Astro may modify and amend this SHX Terms at any
time without notice. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new service
introduced by Astro shall be subject to this SHX Terms. All such notices are
hereby incorporated by reference into the SHX Terms. You are responsible for
regularly reviewing the SHX Terms and the TOU & Notices posted on the SHX
Website and the Astro Website. By continuing to use the SHX Website, you are
deemed to have agreed to be bound by any modifications and amendments to this
SHX Terms and the TOU & Notices. |
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You can access the SHX Website home page and browse the SHX Website
without disclosing your personal data. The service and links of the SHX Website
may include links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by
Astro and Astro assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies,
or practices of any third party websites. In addition, Astro will not and
cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the
Website, you expressly relieve Astro from any and all liability arising from
your use of any third-party website. |
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Owing to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, the
information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries that do not
have similar protection regarding your data and it’s use as set out in this
terms and conditions. By submitting your information you consent to these
transfers. |
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| 2. |
REGISTRATION, USE AND SECURITY |
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| a. |
In order to access some features of the SHX Website, you will have
to first register as a member by creating a user ID (“Member”) and a unique
password in the E-PASS Account registration form (“Member Account”). |
| b. |
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the
password and user ID, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur
under your password or user ID whether or not actually or expressly authorized
and/or used by you. You may be required to provide further information and
complete registration forms as required to access some or all of the features
on the SHX Website. |
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Astro reserves the right to terminate any dormant Member Account
that has not been used for a period of six months or longer.
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| d. |
Information on the SHX Website may contain technical inaccuracies
or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice.
Astro may also make improvements and/or changes to the SHX Website at any time
without notice. |
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You agree to:
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provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself (“Member Profile”) as prompted by the Member Account registration
form; |
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maintain and promptly update such registration data to keep it
accurate, current and complete; and |
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you may never use another’s account without permission. If you
provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
or if Astro suspects that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current
or incomplete, Astro has the right to suspend or terminate your Member Account
and refuse any and all current or future use of the SHX Website (or any part
thereof). |
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| f. |
The SHX Website may not be available to all devices which connect
to the Internet. You assume all responsibility regarding the end-user equipment
and software necessary to access the SHX Website and assume all risk associated
therewith.
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| g. |
The SHX Website may not be available to be accessed from all
regions and countries of the world. Astro reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to limit or terminate your ability to access the SHX Website from
certain regions or countries, and you assume all risk associated with the
accessibility of the SHX Website from any given region or country of the world.
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| h. |
Astro reserves the right to limit or prohibit your entry into its
website in its sole discretion and shall not be liable for such limitation or
prohibition.
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| i. |
Organizations, companies and/or businesses may not become a
registered member of the SHX Website and should not use the SHX Website for any
purpose. In addition, you may not authorize, enable or otherwise grant to any
other person, organization, company, or business access to your Member Profile
created or other content that you have uploaded on the SHX Website for the
purposes of extracting such information or other content.
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YOUR CONDUCT |
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You agree to use the SHX Website only for lawful purposes and in
accordance with the SHX Terms and in a way that does not infringe the rights
of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the SHX Website.
Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to
any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal
flow of dialogue within the SHX Website.
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You agree not to upload any content (including any text, links,
photographs, graphics, video or audio or other data or information) (“User
Generated Content”) that may be considered, obscene, vulgar, sexual,
threatening, libellous or slanderous.
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You agree to:
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notify Astro immediately of any unauthorised use or any other
breach of security, and |
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ensure that you exit from your Member Account at the end of each
session. Astro cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising
from your failure to comply with this provision. |
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| d. |
Your Member Account is not transferable and may not be assigned to
any third party. The SHX Website is provided to you for personal use by you
only. You may not allow any other person to:
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resell, timeshare, sublicense, or otherwise transfer all or any
portion of the SHX Website to any other party; or |
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make commercial use of the SHX Website without the express written
consent of Astro. |
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| e. |
You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and
international laws and regulations and are solely responsible for all acts or
omissions that occur under your usage, including the content of your
communication through the SHX Website. Recognizing the global nature of the
Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct.
Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding on-line
communication in the country in which you reside.
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| f. |
You may not use the SHX Website in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden, or impair the SHX Website (or the network(s)) connected to
the websites of the Astro Group or interfere with any other party's use and
enjoyment of the SHX Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access
to the SHX Website and other Member Accounts, computer systems or networks
connected to the SHX Website, through hacking, password mining or any other
means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information
through any means not intentionally made available through the SHX Website.
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You agree to be responsible for payment of all applicable charges
such as Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) charges, incurred as a result of your
use of the SHX Services, including but not limited to the use or misuse by an
unauthorised third party, or any error, accidental use or loss.
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| h. |
You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the SHX
Website without Astro’s prior written authorization.
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The User Generated Content that you upload on the SHX Website may
only be shared with other Member Account holders in the manner provided by
Astro.
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You agree not to alter or modify any part of the SHX Website,
including but not limited to the embedded player or any of its related
technologies.
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You agree not to access the User Generated Content through any
technology or means other than the embeddable player or other explicitly
authorized means Astro may designate.
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You agree not to use the SHX Website, including the embeddable
player for any commercial use without prior written authorization of Astro.
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Astro reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the SHX
Website at any time.
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YOUR USE OF CONTENT ON THE SITE
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In addition to the general restrictions above, the following
restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of content on the
SHX Website.
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All content on the SHX Website, except all User Generated Content,
including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, photos, sounds,
music, videos, interactive features and the like and the trademarks, service
marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by or licensed to Astro,
subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. The
SHX Website is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use
only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted,
broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other
purposes whatsoever without prior written consent of the respective owners save
and except as expressly authorized by Astro. Astro reserves all rights not
expressly granted in and to the SHX Website.
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You may access certain content in the manner allowed and subject to
conditions as stated in this SHX Terms. As a non-Member, you may not access any
User Generated Content, except in so far as it is made available by Astro.
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You agree not to engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any
or all of the content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use,
copying, or distribution of any part of the content for any commercial
purposes.
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You agree that when using the SHX Website, you may be exposed to
User Generated Content from a variety of sources, and that Astro is not
responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, protection or integrity of or
intellectual property rights relating to such User Generated Content. You
further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Generated
Content that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you
agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies
you have to may have against Astro with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify
and hold Astro, its Owners/Operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to
the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of
the SHX Website.
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YOUR USER GENERATED CONTENT AND CONDUCT |
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As a Member, you may have access to the User Generated Content but
such access shall be solely:
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For your information and personal use; |
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As intended through the normal functionality of the SHX Website; |
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For Streaming. Accessing audiovisual works in the User Generated
Content comprising of for any purposes or in any manner other than Streaming is
expressly prohibited. The audiovisual works are made available “As Is”. |
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User Generated Content are made available to you for your
information and personal use solely as intended through the normal
functionality of the SHX Website. User Generated Content are made available “As
Is”, and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted,
broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, or otherwise exploited in any
manner not intended by the normal functionality of the SHX Website or otherwise
as prohibited under this SHX Terms.
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As a Member, you may be invited to Post any User Generated Content
on or to the SHX Website (including on or to your profile) and you agree, by
submitting your contribution, to grant Astro a perpetual, royalty-free,
non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, edit,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivate works from, distribute,
perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and
publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to
incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later
developed for the full terms of any rights that may exist in your contribution,
and in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in Astro’s Privay Policy.
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You also hereby grant each Member of the SHX Website a
non-exclusive license to access your USER GENERATED CONTENT through the SHX
Website, and to use such the USER GENERATED CONTENT ONLY as permitted through
the functionality of the SHX Website as detailed in clause 5(a) above only
under these TOU and Notices.
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You understand and agree that Astro may retain and store, but not
display, distribute, or perform, server copies of USER GENERATED CONTENT that
have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you to Astro in
USER GENERATED CONTENT is irrevocable.
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Further to paragraph 5 (c) above, by submitting your User Generated
Content to the SHX Website, you warrant that :
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your User Generated Content is your own original work or have the
necessary license, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize Astro
to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
rights in and to any and all USER GENERATED CONTENT to enable inclusion and use
of the USER GENERATED CONTENT in the manner contemplated by the SHX Website and
these TOU and Notices and that you have the right to make it available to Astro
for all the purposes specified above;
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your User Generated Content is not defamatory; |
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your User Generated Content does not infringe any law; |
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you shall be solely responsible for your own User Generated Content
and the consequences of Posting or publishing them |
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you will not submit material that is copyrighted, protected by
trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including
privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have
permission from their rightful owner to post material and to grant Astro
all of the license rights granted herein; |
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you shall indemnify Astro against all legal fees, damages and other
expenses that may be incurred by Astro as a result of your breach of the above
warranty; and
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waive any moral rights in your User Generated Content for the
purposes of its submission to and publication on the SHX Website and the
purposes specified above. |
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You understand that whether or not such User Generated Content is
Posted, Astro does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User
Generated Content.
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Astro does not endorse any USER GENERATED CONTENT or any opinion,
recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Astro expressly disclaims any
and all liability in connection with USER GENERATED CONTENT. Astro does not
permit activities which infringe intellectual property rights including
copyright on its SHX Website, and Astro will remove all infringing contents and
USER GENERATED CONTENT upon notification that such content or USER GENERATED
CONTENT infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. Astro further
reserves the right to remove any content and USER GENERATED CONTENT without
prior notice as stated under paragraph 5 (l).
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Member Profile: The SHX Website includes an online community
feature which allows Members to connect with people through network of friends
for communicating, sharing, and making new friends. Members can share with
others or post to their own Member profile, videos, articles or content
including any User Generated Content that posted on the SHX Website (BUT NOT
User Generated Content belonging to third parties/other Members) from and to
third party sites, and/or links to third party sites, through the SHX Website
and which allows Members to determine who may view their profile. These levels
are: "Private, and "Public." As a Member, you may choose to allow your profile
to be viewed by any visitor of the SHX Website and such access is categorised
as "public." You should be aware that anyone who accesses the SHX Website,
whether or not they are a Member, will be allowed to view all of the
information in your public profile. Your public profile will be available to
anyone, regardless of the level of access you have chosen for your full Member
profile. WHEN CHOOSING THESE OPTIONS, PLEASE CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE LEVEL OF
ACCESS YOU WISH TO ALLOW TO YOUR MEMBER PROFILE, AS WELL AS WHETHER YOU WANT
YOUR FULL NAME TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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Public Profile
Information: Regardless of what personal information you choose to include in your profile, or
what level of sharing of your profile you choose, certain information about
every Member will be included in that Member's "public profile." A Member's
public profile is an abbreviated version of the Member's regular profile,
containing the information listed below, which will be available to any user of
the SHX Website, as well as to the general public through, internet search
engines like Yahoo! or Google. Each individual Member's public profile includes
the following information about the Member:
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Name (first, or first and last, depending on which option the
Member chooses) |
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Username (the name that the user chooses to be identified as in
Member-related pages and articles) |
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Member’s brief description of him/herself |
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Member’s email address |
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Member’s website address |
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Member’s blog address |
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Member’s school / company |
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People the Member is interested in meeting (e.g., "Dating Men,"
"Dating Women," "Friends," etc.)
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The URL of the Member's profile
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Friends (list of Member friends with click-through links to their
pages)
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Photos (thumbnail list of photos gathered from within the SHX
Website that user has saved from) |
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Any activity by the Member on the Member Profile page |
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Private
Profile Information
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On top of the public profile information, every Member will be
given access to a Private Profile page. This is accessible only by the Member.
He/she will need to log into the membership system (via E-PASS) to access this
information. Each individual Member's private profile includes the following
additional information about the Member:
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User’s Malaysian NRIC number |
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Removal of
Content. You understand and agree that we may review and delete any User Generated Content that
you include in your profile, or otherwise Post on any area of the SHX Website
(which may include deleting your entire profile) at any time without notice and
for any reason, and/or that we, in our sole judgment, believe violates this
Agreement, or might be offensive or illegal, or might violate the rights of,
harm, or threaten the safety of any other Member.
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Member
Identities. Your profile must describe you, an individual person. Examples of inappropriate
profiles include, but are not limited to, profiles that purport to represent an
animal, place, inanimate object, fictional character, or another individual who
is not you.
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Prohibited
User Generated Content. Below is a partial list of the kind of User Generated Content that is
illegal or prohibited on the SHX Website. Posting of any of this User Generated
Content by you may, in our sole discretion, result in termination of your
membership. In addition, Astro reserves the right to investigate and take
appropriate legal action, in our sole discretion, against anyone who violates
this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending
communication from the SHX Website and reporting such violators to the
appropriate legal authorities. Prohibited User Generated Content includes, but
is not limited to, User Generated Content which, in Astro’s sole judgment:
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is offensive to the online community, such as content that promotes
racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or
individual;
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harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
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involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," "spam,"
or any other unsolicited mass mailing, e-mailing, or other communication;
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includes any information that you know is false or misleading,
promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, or is threatening,
obscene, defamatory, or libelous;
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constitutes or includes any illegal or unauthorized copy of another
person's copyrighted or copyrightable work, including, but not limited to,
pirated computer programs or links to them, information which circumvents
manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, pirated music, images, or video,
or links to pirated music, image, or video files, or content which otherwise
violates the terms of paragraph 5 (i) above;
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displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
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includes material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a
sexual or violent manner, or is intended to solicit personal information from
anyone under 18;
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provides instructional information about illegal activities such as
making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or
creating computer viruses;
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solicits passwords or personally identifying information for
commercial or unlawful purposes from other Members;
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constitutes or includes any promotion, sales or other commercial
activity such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, or advertising;
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solicits people you don't know to add you or accept you as a
friend;or
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solicits and engages in political discussions
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Even though all of the above User Generated Content is strictly
prohibited, there is a small chance that you might become exposed to such items
while using the SHX Website. If so, neither we, nor any of our officers,
directors, employees, shareholders, advertisers, or corporate partners will in
any way be responsible for any damages (to or from any party) related to any
such exposure. Please see clause 6 below for further limitations on our
liability.
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Further
Restrictions on Your Use of the SHX Website.
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You must use the SHX Website in a manner consistent with any and
all applicable laws and regulations.
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Although Astro cannot monitor the conduct of its Members of the SHX
Website, it is a violation of this Agreement to use any information obtained
from the Service or the SHX Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another
person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member
without the prior explicit consent of such Member and Astro. In order to
protect our Members from such conduct, we reserve the right to restrict the
number of e-mails or other communications which a Member may send to other
Members at any time and in our sole discretion.
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Copyright
Protection Policy. If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the SHX Website
without your permission or in any other way that constitutes copyright
infringement or if you have any form of complaint or grievances in relation to
the User Generated Content Posted on the SHX Website, please contact us at
shx@astro.com.my
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Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions
with other Members. We reserve the right, although we have no obligation, to
monitor disputes between you and other Members, and to take any action that we
feel may be appropriate in our sole discretion, consistent with the terms of
this Agreement, including the termination of the membership of one or more
Members.
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DISCLAIMER & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. |
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In addition to the disclaimer and liability provision in the TOU
& Notices:
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WE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR
OFFLINE, OF ANY MEMBER OR OTHER USER OF THE SHX WEBSITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH, RESULTING FROM ANYONE'S USE OF THE SHX WEBSITE, ANY USER GENERATED
CONTENT (POSTED ON THE SHX WEBSITE) OR TRANSMITTED TO MEMBERS OR OTHER USERS,
OR ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OR AMONG MEMBERS OR OTHER USERS OF THE SHX WEBSITE,
WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE.
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We assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user
or Member communications. We are not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers
or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of e-mail or players on
account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any
website or combination thereof. We are not responsible for any injury or damage
to any computer equipment belonging to any user of the SHX Website, any Member,
or any other person related to or resulting from use of the SHX Website,
viewing, playing or downloading any materials on or from the SHX Website. The
SHX Website are provided "AS-IS" and, except as otherwise prohibited by
applicable law, we expressly disclaim any warranty of any kind, including, but
not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
and non-infringement. We cannot guarantee and do not promise any specific
results from use of the SHX Website. No advice or information, whether oral or
written, obtained by you from us, or from or through the SHX Website shall
create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, under no
circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Astro be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, damages
for loss of profits (even if Astro has been advised of the possibility of such
damages or even if such damage is foreseeable), that result from the use of or
the inability to use the SHX Website any changes to the SHX Website and
unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, any
communication, transmission, material or data sent or received or not sent or
received, or any transactions entered into through the Website or arising in
connection with the fraudulent or unlawful acts of any third party.
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You specifically agree that Astro is not responsible or liable for
any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive or illegal content or conduct
of any other party or any infringement of another's rights, including
intellectual property rights.
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GENERAL |
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This SHX Terms are governed by the laws of Malaysia, without
reference to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute between you and Astro
regarding this SHX Terms will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts located in Malaysia and you expressly waive all defenses to
jurisdiction. You agree that the SHX Website shall, for the purpose of
determining jurisdiction and applicable law, be deemed to have originated and
been provided by Astro in and from Malaysia.
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| b. |
This SHX Terms contain the entire understanding between the parties
hereto with respect to the SHX Website, and supersedes all previous oral or
written agreements or understandings between you and Astro, and no advice or
information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from this SHX Website
(whether before or after the date you accept this SHX Terms) shall create any
obligation or warranty on the part of Astro not expressly stated herein. You
may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you
use any services offered by the Astro Group, third-party content, third party
website or third-party software. Neither the course of conduct between the
parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this SHX Terms.
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All other terms of the TOU & Notices shall be imported to this
SHX Terms by reference and shall be read as if they form part of this SHX Terms
and where there is any conflict of terms between the SHX Terms and the TOU
& Notices, the SHX Terms shall prevail.
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| d. |
Where these SHX Terms are translated into any other language, and
there is a discrepancy between the two language versions, the English language
version shall prevail to the extent that such discrepancy is the result of an
error in translation.
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Should you have any questions concerning this SHX Terms or this SHX
Website, please contact us at shx@astro.com.my.
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