Rhino Reviews.com's Terms and Conditions of Use
Definitions
The following Definitions shall apply to the access to and
use of the Rhino Reviews services and products.
“User” includes the individual subscriber,
its owners, partners, employees, agents, contractors and subcontractors.
User agrees that it is responsible for the use of the Rhino Reviews
services and products by any temporary employee and independent contractor
or subcontractor to the same extent as if such were an employee of the
User. “User” does not include customers, clients, or other third-parties
with whom User has a business relationship.
“Intranet Website” means the User’s internal website
accessible only to User’s owners, partners, employees, onsite temporary
employees or independent contractors. No third parties shall have access to
the Intranet Website.
“Link” means a URL (or icon, highlighted or
colored text, figure or image representing a URL) on which a User may “point
and click” or otherwise send a “command” to access any part of a
Rhino Reviews website.
1. Acceptance of Terms of Use
The terms and conditions stated below, along with the
policies and guidelines located throughout this Site (collectively herein
the “Terms of Use”) govern your use of this Site (“Site"). This Site is
devoted to providing data contained in public records. For a fee, users can
obtain personal information gathered from public records. This is the sole
purpose of this Site (the “Purpose”).
By visiting any area on this Site you are deemed to
have accepted the Terms of Use.
Pursuant to your agreement to the Terms and Conditions set
forth herein, Rhino Reviews grants You a non-exclusive, non-assignable,
non-transferable, limited license to access and use Rhino Reviews websites
products and services. The public data provided by Rhino Reviews websites
may be displayed and printed by You for Your own individual use only and not
for further distribution, dissemination, or display to third parties or
other of Your employees, except as otherwise set forth herein.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Rhino Reviews
websites may provide access to and display of public data to you from its
own intranet website to You that will include Links that will direct You to
view the full text of the public data. Except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, You are prohibited from accessing and using Rhino Reviews
products and services.
You have the right to obtain a single copy of a printout of
the Rhino Reviews public data accessed by You and is in accordance with
Your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set forth herein and
specifically Agreed to by You.
With respect to public data that includes court cases or
court records from any state or federal court, the right to retrieve the
public data via the downloading commands of the Rhino Reviews websites, is
limited primarily for one User’s exclusive use, a single copy of that public
data obtained, that is not further limited or otherwise prohibited herein.
These Terms and Conditions of Purchase and Use ("Terms") are
between Rhino Reviews.com and "you", the person using Rhino Reviews.com’s
materials, web site and Member Services department ("Our Services"). By
using Our Services you accept the Terms.
We occasionally change these Terms. Refer to this website for changes.
2. Terms of Purchase
The day you order our Services marks the beginning of your ability to access Our Services. You will have the use and access of the Rhino Reviews products and services in exchange for the payment of funds and fees as set forth herein.
Our data is conveniently organized into three sections:
Comprehensive Background Report, Direct Searches, and
Unlimited Searches. The “Unlimited” background searches are included in
your membership and you can access them without any restrictions. All
“Direct” searches and the “Comprehensive Background Report” search require
funds to access.
Direct searches include:
Bankruptcy Records Search
Court Records Search
Criminal Records Search
Reverse Cell Phone Search
Reverse Landline Phone Search
Birth Records Search
Marriage/Divorce Search
Legal Judgment Search
Business Records Search
Sex Offender Search
Death Index Search
Property Records Search
SSN Validation Search
Direct People Search
SSN Records Search
Person Report Search
Federal Records Search
Warrant Search
Vessel/Watercraft Search
Case Number Search
We have three membership options, “Basic”, “Premium” and “Ultimate”. These plans differ in two ways: duration of access to services and amount of funds included. All three types of subscriptions grant access to our members' area where all our searches are located, including our “Unlimited" people searches and investigative resources. However, Basic and Premium subscribers can access our members' area only until their memberships expire. Only our Ultimate membership plan offers unrestricted access to our members' area without any expiration date.
In addition to receiving access to our members' area, subscribers also receive a set amount of funds which can be used to conduct paid searches, including all "Direct" searches and the "Comprehensive Background Report" search. We automatically credit funds to subscribers' Rhino Reviews accounts. Once you are logged in, you may view your account details in the top left corner of the page.
The amount of funds that each subscriber receives depends on
the membership option that he or she chooses. The minimum “Basic”
subscription comes with enough funds for a complete individual investigation
and records look-up. Should you run out of funds, you may purchase
additional searches in our members' section. After the expenditure of your
funds, your subsequent use of the Rhino Reviews's products and services
will be subject to Rhino Reviews’s then-current rates. We use only SSL
encryption technology to protect the security of your credit card
information and financial data as it is transmitted to us.
3. Privacy Policy
Registration, membership and certain other information about
you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full
Privacy Policy.
Rhino Reviews values its customers and respects their
privacy. We collect only public data for your use subject to the Terms and
Conditions set forth herein and also for billing and payment for our
products and services accessed by You in order to improve your
Rhino Reviews experience and to communicate with You about our products,
services and promotions. Rhino Reviews recognizes that it must maintain
and use Your information in a conscientious manner.
We collect information about You (such as your name, e-mail
address, a record of the accessed data, and other information) and save that
information in our secure databases to confirm your order, process your
payments, and to quickly assist you when you have a question or problem
about your order.
Rhino Reviews acquires public data, records, and non-public
information only from established, reputable sources in the government and
private sectors Reasonable steps are taken to (a) review the supplier’s
data collection practices and policies; (b) review the supplier’s business
practices; (c) review the financial condition of the data supplier; and (d)
review the types of data the supplier sells (i.e. public record, publicly
available, or non-public information.) Rhino Reviews obtains a written
assurance from each data provider that the supplier has the legal right to
sell the data to Rhino Reviews.
Rhino Reviews websites may contain links to other sites
that are not under our control. These websites may contain policies
regarding privacy and other terms that are different from those of
Rhino Reviews. In such cases, you should review those websites’ privacy
policies before visiting them. We have no responsibility for the content of
these other websites and provide them solely for Your convenience.
Rhino Reviews and its affiliates regularly monitor its
business practices to ensure compliance with its Privacy Policy set forth
herein.
Rhino Reviews may access or disclose information about You,
your account, and/or the content our communications, in order to: (a) comply
with the law or legal process served on us; (b) enforce and investigate
potential violations of the Conditions and Terms of Use, including use of
our products and services to participate in, or facilitate, activities that
violate the law; or (c) protect the rights, property or safety of
Rhino Reviews and its affiliates, its employees, its customers or the
public. You hereby consent to the access and disclosures outlined herein.
If our data collection practices change in the future, we will let you know by posting the policy on Rhino Reviews websites or by communicating directly with you.
4. Limitations of Usage
Membership is limited to individuals 18 years and older.
Consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we
will never knowingly personally identify or provide personally identifiable
information to or from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable
consent. If we become aware that a User is under the age of 13 and has
accessed a Rhino Reviews website without prior parental consent, we will
remove his or her personally identifiable information from our websites.
Your membership is solely for personal use. You agree that you will not
provide access to Our Services to non-members through your account, and that
you are fully responsible for all activities under your password or account.
Rhino Reviews.com will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from
such activities, and reserves the right to terminate your access to Our
Services, with or without notice.
5. Access and Interface
You agree that you will use reasonable efforts to restrict access to and use of the Rhino Reviews website products and services to authorized Users. In no event will User place, cause to be placed, or display Rhino Reviews content on Your or any other person or entity’s home webpage without prior express permission and authorization from Rhino Reviews.
To the extent that you suspect or become aware of any unauthorized user or employee accessing Rhino Reviews websites, or we become aware that such access appears to be occurring through audits conducted by us, then You and Rhino Reviews will jointly agree on corrective action to be taken that may include the following: (a) payment of additional fees, and (b) Your implementation of necessary technology or your intranet website to restrict access to authorized Users.
You agree not to share your personal identification information with any third party.
Rhino Reviews will provide You with public data that is retrieved by means of a “Search” conducted by “clicking on” a “button” on the Rhino Reviews website that corresponds to the desired public data.
If You copy, co-mingle, or interlineate any public data obtained from a Rhino Reviews website, You agree that any such use will bear and contain Rhino Reviews branding and include a copy of all applicable copyright notices.
You are strictly prohibited from displaying any data obtained or retrieved from any Rhino Reviews website on any public-facing website or on any password-protected, members-only portion of Your website that is accessible to third parties that have a business relationship with you, including your clients and customers.
You shall not use or permit the use of any Rhino Reviews website product or service in any way that compromises the integrity thereof or that infringes any copyrights or propriety interests on any third party. Furthermore, you shall not use the Rhino Reviews products and services to conduct ad hoc searches of Rhino Reviews products and services. A breach of this Section shall be grounds to immediate termination of your use of the Rhino Reviews products and services.
By accessing this website for Our Services or for any other reason, you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy the web pages or the content contained herein without our prior written consent. You further agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this website.
6. Use of Information and Ideas Submitted
You hereby acknowledge and agree that Rhino Reviews.com is free to use any comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, techniques or other information contained in any communication you may send to Rhino Reviews.com or may have with an Rhino Reviews.com representative (the "Ideas"), and Rhino Reviews.com shall have no obligation to compensate you in any way for the Ideas, even if the Ideas are used by Rhino Reviews.com for commercial purposes, including use by Rhino Reviews.com for developing, manufacturing and marketing products and creating, modifying or improving the Rhino Reviews.com or other products, services or Websites affiliated with the Rhino Reviews.com. Furthermore, by posting or displaying any such Ideas on our site, you hereby grant to us a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to display, use, reproduce or modify the Ideas.
There may be links on this Site that will permit you to travel to other, third-party sites over which Rhino Reviews.com has no control. Rhino Reviews.com makes no representations whatsoever about the content of any of these other web sites, or about any of the links contained in the web sites which you may access through this Site. Rhino Reviews.com does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, or use, of any such linked web sites.
7. No Resale of Our Services
You agree not to access, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of our Services.
8. Restrictions on Use
Our Services may NOT be used for the following uses:
1. To locate people to develop a news story.
2. For locating lost loved ones, friends, or family for personal reasons.
3. For purposes that may cause physical or emotional harm to the subject of the report.
4. For individuals involved in an adoption.
5. To locate information on well known/high profile celebrities or government officials.
6. To determine a consumer’s eligibility for (a) credit or insurance for personal, family, or household purposes; or (b) a government license or benefit.
7. For purposes that are not within your stated normal course of business.
9. Permissible Uses of our Services
Permissible uses of our Services include:
1. To effect, administer or enforce a transaction authorized by the consumer.
2. To prevent actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability.
3. For use in required institutional risk control programs.
4. For use in resolving customer disputes or inquiries.
5. For use by persons, or their representatives, holding a legal or beneficial interest relating to the consumer.
6. For use by persons acting with the consumer’s consent in a fiduciary or representative capacity.
7. For use in complying with federal, state of local laws, rules and other applicable legal requirements
8. For use and to the extent specifically permitted or
required under other provisions of law and in accordance with the Right to
Financial Privacy Act of 1978, to law enforcement agencies (including a
federal functional regulator, the secretary of the treasury, a state
insurance authority, or the Federal Trade Commission), self-regulatory
organizations, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
You hereby certify that you will only use the data available
on this Site for one of the permissible uses listed above. Other provisions
that govern Your use of the data obtained on any Rhino Reviews web site is
as set forth in the applicable price schedule, the online descriptions of
the public data available, online notices included in the Rhino Reviews
websites, and found in the individual documents retrieved from the
Rhino Reviews web sites are all incorporated herein by reference as if
fully rewritten herein.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
Rhino Reviews.com is a provider of information, gathered
from publicly available data. Rhino Reviews.com does not create, verify, or
guarantee the accuracy of such data; rather, Rhino Reviews.com receives its
information from various sources, including Internet sites. It is not
necessarily affiliated with or endorsed by these sources, or compensated by
them. All materials and information available through Our Services are
provided "as is" and "as available", and without warranties of any kind,
express or implied, and specifically including the warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
This website is not affiliated with the United States Government or any
Federal or State government agency.
We do not warrant that the information is always accurate, complete or
current; that access to it will be available all the time, from every place,
or that errors will be corrected. Rhino Reviews.com disclaims any
responsibility and any warranties for sales, purchases, financing or other
types of transactions involving products and services on which Our Services
provide information. Your use of Our Services is solely at your own
risk. Public data, materials, features, products and services may be added
to or withdrawn from the Rhino Reviews web sites or otherwise changed
without notice.
THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE LAW, Rhino Reviews.com DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS. Rhino Reviews.com DOES NOT
WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY,
OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING,
THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE OR ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE.
11. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL Rhino Reviews.com BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS SITE, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation
of incidental or consequential damages; In such jurisdictions
Rhino Reviews.com’s liability shall be limited to the extent permitted by
law.
Rhino Reviews and its affiliates shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting in any way from (a) any errors in or omissions from the products and services available from any Rhino Reviews website , (c) your use of the Rhino Reviews website products and services, (d) your use of any equipment in connection with the use of the Rhino Reviews website, (e) the content of the public data, or (f) any delay or failure in performance beyond the reasonable control of Rhino Reviews or its affiliates.
The aggregate liability of either Rhino Reviews or any of its affiliates in connection with any other claim arising out of or relating to the products and services shall not exceed the amount of your actual direct damages. Your right to monetary damages in that amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies which you may otherwise have.
Rhino Reviews and its affiliates shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) in any way due to, resulting form, or arising in connection with the products and services, public data, materials or the failure of either Rhino Reviews or its affiliates to perform any obligation, regardless of any negligence of either Rhino Reviews or its affiliates.
12. Indemnification
You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your behavior on the Site. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Rhino Reviews.com, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, joint ventures, business partners, licensors, employees, agents, and any third-party information providers from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Site, or the Content, or any violation by you of this Agreement.
13. Rhino Reviews.com’s Proprietary Rights
You acknowledge and agree that Our Services and any necessary software used in connection with Our Services contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content presented to you through Our Services is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Rhino Reviews.com, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on Our Services or the Software, in whole or in part.
14. Copyright
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, and audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Rhino Reviews.com, its content suppliers and/or other content providers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all Content on this site is the exclusive property of Rhino Reviews.com and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All Software used on this site is the property of Rhino Reviews.com or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
All right, title and interest (including all copyrights and other intellectual property rights) obtained in any search conducted in any Rhino Reviews website (including both printed and machine-readable forms) belong to the provider of that public data or its third party suppliers of materials. You may not print or download these materials without using the printing or downloading command of the accessed Rhino Reviews web site.
To the extent permitted by applicable copyright law and not further limited or prohibited by the Terms and Conditions set forth herein, you may make copies of searches obtained and retrieved pursuant to your purchase of a Rhino Reviews product or service.
You are prohibited from downloading, storing, reproducing, transmitting, displaying, copying, distributing, or using public data obtained from any Rhino Reviews website.
Except as specifically provided herein, you may not use the Rhino Reviews website products and services,or any public data retrieved from any Rhino Reviews web site, in any fashion that infringes on the copyright or propriety interests described herein.
You may not remove or obscure the copyright notice or other notices contained in any Rhino Reviews web site or retrieved therefrom.
15. Trademarks
You are prohibited from using any of the marks or logos appearing throughout the Site without permission from the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable law Rhino Reviews.com graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Rhino Reviews.com or its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. Rhino Reviews.coms trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Rhino Reviews.coms, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Rhino Reviews.com. All other trademarks not owned by Rhino Reviews.com, its affiliates or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Rhino Reviews.com, its affiliates or its subsidiaries.
16. Special Admonitions for International Use
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local, national and international rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.
17. Choice of Law and Forum
Any action related to these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and controlling U.S. federal law. No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction will apply. You agree that any legal proceeding arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be brought in a state or federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, and hereby waive any jurisdictional or venue defenses otherwise available to you.
18. Severability and Integration
Unless otherwise specified herein, these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Rhino Reviews.com and its affiliates with respect to this site and our services and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral, written, or electronic) between you and Rhino Reviews.com. If any provision of these terms and conditions is considered void, unlawful, or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed without affecting the validity, legality, or enforceability of the remaining provisions, and the parties will endeavor to replace the void, unlawful, or unenforceable provision with a valid, lawful, or enforceable provision that most closely embodies and reflects the original intentions of the parties herein. If any part of these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. In such case, except as expressly modified herein, all other Terms and Conditions will remain in full force and effect and unaffected by these Terms and Conditions. In the event of any conflict or inconsistencies between these Terms and Conditions and any other provision in any Rhino Reviews websites, these Terms and Conditions will control and prevail.
The failure of Rhino Reviews or its affiliates to enforce any provision hereof shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or of the right to enforce it at a later time.
19. Parties in Interest
Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of these Terms of Use on any persons other than the parties to these Terms of Use. No person may assign its rights or delegate its duties under these Terms and Conditions of Use without the prior written consent of Rhino Reviews. These Terms and Conditions of Use may be enforced by any Affiliate of Rhino Reviews either directly or on its own behalf as a third party beneficiary.
20. Notice
Notices to you may be made via e-mail. Our Services may also provide notices of changes to the Terms of Use or other matters by displaying notices (or links to notices) generally on Our Services. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or displayed electronically on the Rhino Reviews websites. Notices shall be deemed to have been properly given as if deposited in the U.S. mails, even if not mailed, on the date first made available, if displayed on a Rhino Reviews website, or on the date actually received, if delivered in any other manner.
21. Opt Out Policy
An individual may request opt-out if one of these conditions
exists: You are a state, local or federal law enforcement officer or public
official and your position exposes you to a threat of death or serious
bodily harm; or you are a victim of identity theft; or you are at risk of
physical harm; or you have evidence the record is incorrect or expunged.
In addition, Rhino Reviews will consider requests for
opt-out for good cause. For all opt-out requests, Rhino Reviews retains
the right to determine whether to grant or deny the request, that databases
to which the request for removal will apply, and the duration of the removal
period.
Note & Disclaimer: We will use good faith efforts to help prevent your non-public record information from being distributed. We cannot provide any assurance that information that is otherwise public record information, such as court records, will be withheld. Although most information is usually removed or blocked permanently, we do not guarantee the information will not be available again in the future from other sources or our site.
22. Types and Use of Information Collected
In connection with your use of our Web site, we ask for and may collect a variety of information from and about you in various ways. For example, when you register to use our Web site, we ask for and store your name, address, e-mail address, and other identifying contact data. We use personal identifying information to notify customers about updates to our Web site. Accordingly, we may use your e-mail address to contact you directly regarding services or products that we believe may be of interest to you. Rhino Reviews reserves the right to remove any of the public data otherwise available from the Rhino Reviews websites at any time in its sole discretion. However, Rhino Reviews will not unreasonable remove any content or deactivate any Links.
23. Applicable Laws:
Users shall not use this service in violation of any
federal, state, or local laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act "FCRA".
By using this site, you agree to protect, indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless Rhino Reviews and all Third Parties from and against any and all
costs, claims, demands, losses, and liabilities (including attorneys' fees)
arising from or in any way related to use of information by User (or any
third party receiving such information from or through User) furnished by or
through this site. Use of this data for preparation of consumer reports as
defined by the FCRA is strictly prohibited.
Anti-Stalking Laws: We support anti-stalking laws. Please be advised that it
is against the law to use the information obtained from this site to stalk
or harass others. Search requests on public officials, juveniles and/or
celebrities are strictly prohibited.
24. Testing Methodology
Testing methods used in reviews may change from time to time and may not be as stated in the review. Testing may be simulated and not real.
25. Disclosure
We may be compensated by companies that are reviewed on this website.
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