ReadingsCity.com User Agreement /Privacy Policy

Updated Effective Date: August 1, 2022

Welcome to the User Agreement. This is a legal agreement between you and Virtual Services doing business as ReadingsCity.com These terms apply to site visitors and those who purchase services.

READINGSCITY.COM WILL NEVER SELL YOUR INFORMATION. ALL INFORMATION IS PRIVATE AND NEVER SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES.

Information you provide is governed by our Privacy Policy. BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND ANY SERVICES (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS.

ALL SERVICES ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. NOT MEANT TO CURE TREAT OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE.

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND ARBITRATION PROVISION: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS USER AGREEMENT INCLUDES A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND A MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION. OTHER THAN CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, ANY DISPUTE, ACTION, CLAIM, OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS USER AGREEMENT MUST BE RESOLVED BY ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND MAY NOT BE ARBITRATED OR OTHERWISE PURSUED AS A CLASS ACTION. PLEASE SEE SECTION 19 BELOW.

The policies, terms and conditions below limit Readingscity.com liability and obligations to you, and Readingscity.com may change, suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Site and Services at any time if in Readingscity.com sole discretion.

To the extent that there are any conflicts between the terms or conditions in the above policies and this User Agreement, the terms and conditions of the User Agreement shall govern.

1. Eligibility to use the Site and Services is limited.

The Site and Services are available only to persons who are at least eighteen (18) years old and are otherwise capable of forming legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Site and Services are not available to Users who do not have a valid User Agreement in effect, or who Readings City has suspended from use of the Site or Services. Also, you shall also not use this Site or Services if your use is prohibited by the laws of the United States or any other country.

2. You consult with Users or provide Services at your own risk.

(a) ReadingsCity.com does not evaluate, provide, produce or control the Services, or information or exchanges between Users, in any manner. Although User listings may contain verified credentials, the verification services are provided by third parties. Readings City does not itself provide any advice, information or entertainment services or other products or services, nor verify, guarantee or make any representations regarding the credentials, identity or qualifications of any User. Further, ReadingsCity.com does not make editorial or managerial decisions concerning content, nor will ReadingsCity.com be held responsible for any User's failure to comply with laws or regulations concerning the content of listings. ReadingsCity.com provides a technology service that allows Users to share advice, information and other products or Services among themselves. Although ReadingsCity.com enables its Users to connect with each other, it does not monitor the advice exchanged, and, as a result, ReadingsCity.com does not control, nor is it responsible for, the truth, accuracy, completeness, safety, timeliness, quality, appropriateness, legality or applicability of anything said or written by Users, including without limitation any information contained in User listings or made available through this Site.

ReadingsCity.com is not responsible for the use or exchange of any information, files or goods between Users. You are solely responsible for, and will exercise caution, discretion, common sense and judgment in, using the Site and Services, in evaluating the qualifications of, and statements made by Users in listings or through the User feedback system, and in disclosing personal information to other Users. ReadingsCity.com prohibits any User from requesting that another User disclose personal contact information. If you voluntarily disclose your own personal contact information to another User, you do so at your own risk.

Placement of a User in a particular category does not mean that they are qualified in any such area or category. ReadingsCity.com assumes no responsibility for monitoring any User feedback or otherwise policing its Users in any way. If you ever believe that a User has violated the law or is defrauding, threatening or endangering anyone, ReadingsCity.com urges you to immediately contact the law enforcement, welfare services or other appropriate authorities directly for help. In addition, ReadsingsCity.com prohibits Users from using the Site or Services to solicit other Users to meet with them in person. If you do meet with other Users, you do so at your own risk.

(b) ReadingsCity.com does not refer, endorse, recommend, verify, evaluate or guarantee any advice, information, entertainment services or other products or services provided by Users, or any specific User or Services, and nothing shall be considered as a referral, endorsement, recommendation or guarantee of any User or group of Users by ReadingsCity.com You must use your judgment to determine whether to initiate, receive and/or discontinue use of the Services. Users who initiate, receive and/or discontinue use of the Services do so entirely at their own risk, and ReadingsCity.com bears no responsibility in this regard. We may monitor or record your live telephone conversations with other Users for operational purposes, including for technological quality assurance purposes. By agreeing to this User Agreement or using the Site, you consent to our monitoring or recording your live telephone conversations as just described. ReadingsCity.com also reserves the right to monitor pre-recorded calls, review Mail and Chat and to contact Users in order to evaluate compliance with the rules and policies set forth in this User Agreement.

(c) If you have a dispute with another User, or suffer any harm arising out of or connected with any Services provided by another User, you hereby waive all claims against and release ReadingsCity.com (and its parents, subsidiaries, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, suppliers, joint venturers and agents) from any and all liability for claims, demands, damages (actual and consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with any such other User or his/her Services or with regard to disputes relating thereto. This provision is further supplemented by Appendix A relating to Release of Liability.

3. ReadingsCity.com may suspend or terminate your use of the Site or Services, at any time.

(a) ReadingsCity.com reserves right to suspend, terminate, or modify your use of the Site or Services at any time. Any User with an existing Account will be asked to confirm acceptance of the new terms upon his/her first visit to use the Site or Services after posting of the change as a condition of continuing to use the Site or Services. If a returning User does not agree to the new terms, such User may cease using the Site and Services and cancel his/her Account as the User's sole remedy.

(b) Without limiting other remedies, ReadingsCity.com may at any time suspend or terminate your right to use the Site or Services without reason as determined by ReadingsCity.com absolute and sole discretion. In addition, ReadingsCity.com may notify your bank and/or authorities or take any actions it deems appropriate or as required by law if ReadingsCity.com: (i) suspects that you have failed to comply with any provision of this User Agreement or any policies or rules established by ReadingsCity.com; (ii) is unable to verify or authenticate any billing or payment information you provide to ReadingsCity.com; or (iii) suspects that your actions may be illegal or cause liability, harm or disruption for you, other Users, ReadingsCity.com or the Site.

4. ReadingsCity.coms limited role.

(a) You (i) appoint ReadsingsCity.com as your limited agent where applicable to receive payments on your behalf for Services you provide and (ii) agree that receipt by Virtual Services / Readingscity.com of any such payment constitutes receipt by you and satisfies the payor's obligation to make such payment to you. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section, ReadingsCity.com acts only as an interface to facilitate communications initiated between Users.

(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section, as a User, you are not an employee, agent or contractor of ReadingsCity.com and you shall not represent that you are any of the foregoing. You are solely responsible for all equipment necessary to access and use the Site and Services, obtaining any licensing required to provide Services or use the Site, and for reporting and payment of all taxes associated with the use of the Site or provision of Services, including any payments you receive for Services you provide. Readings City accepts no responsibility for reporting to law enforcement agencies any threats made by Users to harm themselves or third parties or take any illegal action. Any such responsibility lies with the User alone.

5. You are solely responsible for the use of your User account and agree to the following fee and payment terms:

(a) The rates for Services are as set forth in the applicable listing. Entertainment services or other products or services from a User who lists a fee for email responses (each a "Paid Mail"). You hereby authorize Readingscity.com to collect fees for each Transaction by debiting your User account immediately upon conclusion of each Transaction, Cless of quality or completeness. Fees for Conversations and pre-recorded calls are calculated based on the per-minute rate listed and the duration of the transaction. Keen reserves the right to offer, from time to time and subject to change at any time, promotions or special offers and may limit eligibility for promotional or special offers. Fees for recorded calls are determined based on the listed fee. Fees for Paid Mail are collected immediately upon acceptance of the Paid Mail, regardless of quality or completeness, by the receiving User and are determined as set forth in the listings. You authorize Readingcity.com, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries we consider necessary to validate your User account and/or listing information. This may include ordering a credit report and performing other credit checks or otherwise verifying the information you provide.

(b) You agree to never allow another person access to your User account. You agree to maintain the confidentiality of your password and User account information, and agree that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your User name, password and User account.

(c) You are solely responsible for all use made of the Site and Services. You agree that ReadingsCity.com is not responsible for any loss that you may incur as a result of any unauthorized person using your account.

(d) Based on User account use, and other factors identified by Readingscity.com in its sole discretion, Readingscity.com may verify your credit, identity and/or other background information in order for you to continue using the Site or Services. In such event, you agree to provide ReadingsCity.com with additional information that may be requested; you consent to Readingscity.com disclosure of your personal information to third-party service providers in order to verify your credit, identity and/or other background information; and you authorize Readingscity.com to obtain a consumer credit report or information from consumer credit reporting agencies and to verify your identity.

6. In using or accessing the Site or Services, you agree to comply with the following:

(a) You are solely responsible for the content provided and the content on listings created under your User account.

(b) You will not record or otherwise copy or store any live or pre-recorded voice call or Chat that you receive through the Site, including any Paid Mail. You will not record or otherwise store any voice call you conduct with a User. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(c) You will not "frame," "mirror" or otherwise copy any portion of the Site without Readingscity.com's express written authorization.

(d) You will not use the Site for any purpose that is, or depict any content that is, unlawful, fraudulent or contrary to this User Agreement and the policies of Readingscity.com, and you will cooperate fully with Readingscity.com to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity, including but not limited to granting authorized Readingscity.com representatives access to your User account.

(e) You will conduct all for-fee communications that you have with other Users only through the Site, and you will not circumvent or attempt to circumvent the Site using third-party payment or other services. Nothing in this User Agreement, however, prevents you from providing similar services through other channels.

(f) You will not use the Site to conduct or transmit any unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, racist, harmful, or otherwise objectionable communications or material of any kind. You will respect the privacy of others and will not (i) attempt to obtain the personal contact information (including usernames and IDs on other communication platforms) of another User.

(g) You will not attempt to harm, disrupt or gain unauthorized access to the computer systems or networks associated with the Site or another User's computer or device.

(h) You will not attempt to obtain any information or materials relating to the Site through any means not intentionally made available through the Site.

(i) You will only use payment methods for which you are the authorized user. You will continue to provide true, accurate and complete payment registration information and will maintain as current and promptly update your personal contact information that you provide to Readingscity.com. You will not use false identities or impersonate any other person or use a name that you are not authorized to use.

(j) You will not create obscene, offensive, tasteless, defamatory or hateful User names or content for listings.

(k) You will adhere to all applicable laws and regulations governing your actions in connection with the Site and for the provision of Services, including for meeting the requirements of applicable professional licenses and applicable advertising laws, regulations and guidelines.

(l) You will not encourage or instruct any other individual to do any of the foregoing or to violate any term of the User Agreement and Readingscity.com policies.

7. In using the Services, you agree that:

(a) Readingscity.com shall own all right, title and interest in Services and the Site, its entire contents and functionality, including but not limited to, all methods, processes, content, formats, designs, URLs, buttons, information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof, phone numbers, toll free numbers and number extensions together with all inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights and derivative works and improvements pertaining thereto, created by or derived from the Site. Except as noted below, you are not granted any right or license by implication, estoppel, or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright, or proprietary right of Readingscity.com or any third party.

(b) You understand and agree that (i) you will have no right, title and interest to any of the toll free numbers, phone numbers or extension numbers assigned to you (ii) that Readingscity.com may change your toll free number, phone numbers and/or extension number at any time in its sole and absolute discretion (iii) you will have no right, title and interest to any User listing name and (iv) that phone numbers, toll free numbers, extensions. Further, you hereby grant to Readingscity.com, its distribution partners, affiliates, and similar third party website/media providers of Keen's choice, the non-exclusive right and license to do the following with any information you post for public display via the Site or Services, all as part of delivering its Services and for related advertising of the Site and Services: use, copy, distribute, display or reference in any media form, whether now existing or later developed, your listing information, including without limitation, your listing name, tags, descriptions, photos, Keen buttons, phone numbers and extensions, or your User information, including without limitation, your user name, registration date, conversation lengths, and submitted ratings and/or written feedback for Services.

(c) As a User, you are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable and limited license to access and use the Site and Services in accordance with this User Agreement. Readingscity.com may terminate this license at any time for any reason whatsoever. You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or transfer the Site or any portion thereof. If your account has been disabled, you will not be able to obtain chat or mail content.

9. ReadingsCity.com disclaims any warranties or representations regarding the Site and Services.

THE SITE AND ANY SERVICES OR GOODS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. KEEN AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SITE, SERVICES AND ALL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN USERS MADE THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, MERCHANT ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, READINGSCITY.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR FREE. Such warranty is enforceable to the fullest extent of the law. To the extent that any jurisdiction limits this warranty, it is only limited to the extent required by such law, and any remaining portion of the warranty shall remain valid and in effect.

10. Readingscity.com's liability for your access to and use of the Site and Services is limited and you are responsible for your use of the Site.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL READINGSCITY.COM OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT READINGSCITY.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, READINGSCITY.COM AND ITS PARENTS', SUBSIDIARIES', AGENTS' OR SUPPLIERS' AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (a) THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY EARNED BY READINGSCITY.COM FROM YOU READINGSCITY.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS. Such limitation is enforceable to the fullest extent of the law. To the extent that any jurisdiction does not allow limitations on such damages, this limitation extends only as far as such law allows. For residents of New Jersey, nothing herein limits your ability to recover damages or attorneys' fees if mandated by statute. YOU FURTHER AGREE TO HOLD HARMLESS, DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY KEEN, AND ITS EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES, FROM AND AGAINST ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE FOR YOUR PROVISION OF SERVICES TO OTHERS, INCLUDING ANY LIABILITY OR EXPENSE ARISING FROM ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES (ACTUAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL), SUITS, JUDGMENTS, LITIGATION COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES, OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE, DISCLOSED AND UNDISCLOSED. In each case, ReadingsCity.com will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action. Readingscity.com shall have the right to withhold payments to you to offset liabilities and expenses covered hereunder.

11. ReadingsCity.com prohibits the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials and trademarks.

You shall not use the Site or Services to transmit, route, provide connections to or store any material that infringes copyrighted works, trademarks, or otherwise violates or promotes the violation of the intellectual property rights of any third party. ReadingsCity.com and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of ReadingsCity.com or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of ReadingsCity.com.

Please contact us with any questions regarding our policy.