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Terms and Conditions of Service

IMPORTANT: THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERN OUR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP. THEY ALSO LIMIT OUR LIABILITY AND AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY AND ENTIRELY BEFORE ACCEPTING OR USING THIS SITE.

The Terms and Conditions set forth herein (the “Terms and Conditions”) contain all of the terms and conditions between The Carefinder Group, a S-corp ("Caresquare.com") and you ("User") and govern the use of the services offered at the Caresquare.com Web Site (the “Site”). You must read and accept the following Terms and Conditions of Use before you may access the Site. By clicking the “I Accept” button, you agree that you have read and understand and agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use.

Caresquare.com
Caresquare.com is a communications platform enabling the connection between Parents seeking childcare providers (“Parents”) and/or childcare providers seeking to provide childcare services (“Care Providers”) within the United States.

Transactions between Users on the Site
Parents may seek and schedule the services of a Care Provider through the use of the Site, and Care Providers may submit proposals to Parents regarding their services. If there are any issues concerning advice and/or service received by Parent or payment due to Care Provider, Parents must deal directly with Care Providers, and Care Providers must deal directly with Parents to resolve any disputes or issues. Caresquare.com will not be held responsible and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any claims and/or controversies that may arise for any disputes between any Users, as set forth in the General Release below. You as a User do hereby represent, understand and expressly agree that Caresquare.com does not have control over the quality, timing, legality or any other aspect whatsoever of the services actually delivered by the Care Providers, nor of the integrity, responsibility, financial obligations, or any of the actions whatsoever of the Parents.

Community Areas
The Site contains “Public Question” areas, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities (“Community Areas”). You do hereby expressly represent, understand and agree to use such Community Areas only to send and receive messages and material that are relevant and proper to your use of the Site. Any usage of the Site by you that Caresquare.com finds inappropriate and/or offensive may result in immediate suspension or revocation of the privilege to use this Site. Caresquare.com reserves the right to revoke or suspend the privilege of any User to use this Site at any time and at its sole discretion whether for any reason or no reason at all. You do hereby represent, understand, and expressly agree to the terms set forth herein.

Capacity
You represent that you are of a legal age and have the legal capacity to agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth herein. In addition, you represent that you are either (i) a United States citizen or (ii) an individual who is legally in the jurisdiction of the United States and, if you are a Care Provider, you additionally represent that you may legally work within the United States

Account Information
You hereby agree to be the sole, authorized user of your account and to have sole liability for any information you submit to the Site. Should you authorize, permit or facilite the use by any third party use of your account, you hereby agree to supervise all usage thereof and to be responsible for such third party‣s use of the Site. Caresquare.com has no control over the use of any User's account and expressly disclaims any liability derived therefrom. Should you suspect that any unauthorized party is using your account, you do hereby agree to contact Caresquare.com immediately, as set forth in the General Release below.

Links on Site
Links from Caresquare.com to other Sites on the Web do not constitute the endorsement of Caresquare.com and Users who link to such sites use them at the User‣s own risk. These links are provided as an information service only. Caresquare.com does not control such linked web sites, and is not responsible for their content. You further acknowledge that use of any linked web site controlled, owned or operated by third parties is governed by the terms and conditions of use for those web sites, and not by Caresquare.com's Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy. You do hereby agree to hold Caresquare.com harmless from any liability that may result from your use of linked web sites that may appear on the Site.

Prohibited Use
The Site and services contained herein are intended to be used by Parents to find, select and connect with Care Providers for the purpose of receiving childcare. The Site and related services may not be used by any User to recruit, solicit, or contact in any form Parents or Care Providers for employment or for soliciting for any business, organization, or person for a business not affiliated with Caresquare.com without express written permission from Caresquare.com. Should Caresquare.com find that you violate the terms of this Paragraph, Caresquare.com reserves the right to terminate your use of this Site at its sole discretion immediately.

Fees and Payment Policy
Caresquare.com's base level services are free to everyone. The site is currently in beta. Care seekers and care providers can order a background check which will be performed by a third-party service provider. Charges are $45 for a new background check, $20 to view an existing background check. Charges will be incurred for new background checks only when the person being checked approves the order for the check and the check is actually performed. Charges for viewing an existing check will be incurred only after person with check has approved display of results. In the case that a background check is requested but the person being checked does not approve, no charges will be incurred. There are no refunds on a background check once it has been performed. Results of background checks will be delivered within 72 hours of approval. At Caresquare's sole discretion, refunds or credits may granted in extenuating circumstances or to correct any errors made by Caresquare. While Caresquare.com will endeavor to ensure the privacy of all credit card and all other personal information, we expressly disclaim any liability for any damage that may result should any information be released to any third parties as set forth in the General Release below. User does hereby agree to hold Caresquare.com harmless for any damages that may result therefrom. Caresquare.com will use a third party service to process your credit card information - Wells Fargo and Authorize.net. For further information regarding that service, please - contact Wells Fargo and Authorize.net.

Information Provided by Users
Users are responsible for providing accurate, timely and complete information to us in connection with their registration for and use of the Site. Caresquare.com is not responsible for any claims relating to any inaccurate, untimely or incomplete information provided to us. Any misstatements and/or misrepresentations regarding your identity, age, background, experience and/or eligibility for employment in the jurisdiction of the United States is not the responsibility of Caresquare.com. Caresquare.com does hereby disclaim any liability whatsoever for any misstatements and/or misrepresentations made by any Users of this Site, as set forth in the General Release below.

You represent and warrant that you are the owner or a licensee or otherwise have the right to provide any information or materials (including pre-existing materials) that you post or transmit for use in Community Areas on the Site. Users hereby grant Caresquare.com an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, copy, display, modify, edit, create derivative works from and distribute any information or materials they post in Community Areas. Any submissions to Community Areas will be public, and Caresquare.com will not be responsible for the action of other Users with respect to any information or materials posted in Community Areas.

All information (or any items or contents listed therein): (a) shall not be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (c) shall not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); (e) shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) shall not be obscene or contain child pornography or, if otherwise adult in nature and harmful to minors; (g) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan Horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h) shall not create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other partners or suppliers.

Modification of the Terms of these Terms and Conditions of Use
Caresquare.com reserves the right to make changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time. Caresquare.com shall provide notice to Parents and Care Providers of any substantive and/or material changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any policies posted on the Site.

Intellectual Property Rights
All text, graphics, editorial content, data, formatting, graphs, designs, HTML, look and feel, photographs, music, sounds, images, software, videos, designs, typefaces and other content (collectively "Proprietary Material") that users see or read on the Site is owned by Caresquare Inc. or is used with permission. This Proprietary Material is protected in all forms, media and technologies now known or hereinafter developed. Caresquare.com owns or has the right to use all Proprietary Material. Users may not copy, download, use redesign, reconfigure, or retransmit anything from the Caresquare.com Site without Caresquare.com's prior express written permission. Violation of this policy may result in copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights violations, and subject Users termination from the use of this Site or civil or criminal penalties. In addition, the Site contains material protected by the domestic and international laws of copyright, patents and other proprietary rights and laws. Any use of such Proprietary Material, other than as permitted by Caresquare.com, is expressly prohibited without the prior permission of Caresquare.com and/or the relevant right holder. Caresquare.com grants you a nonexclusive, revocable, non-transferable, limited license to use the Site provided that you use such Site in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Use and that you do not (i) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, (ii) modify or attempt to modify the Site in any manner or form.

Notice of Trademark Rights
The service marks and trademarks “CARESQUARE.COM” and the Caresquare.com logo are service marks owned by Caresquare.com. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos and/or trade names appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners. You acknowledge the rights of Caresquare.com and the respective third parties in those marks. You may not copy or use any of these marks, logos or trade names without the prior written permission of the owner as expressly allowed by these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Privacy
Caresquare.com's Privacy Statement located on its Site (as seen below) as modified by Caresquare.com from time to time shall govern any disclosure or use of Parent and Care Provider's personal information.

No Agency
You and Caresquare.com are not legally affiliated in any way by virtue of your membership or usage of Caresquare.com's Site or intellectual property other than as parties to the contract embodied in these Terms and Conditions of Use and no independent contractor, agency, partnership, joint venture, employer-employee or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these Terms and Conditions of Use. Caresquare.com is not an employment service and does not serve as an employer of the Care Providers that may use this Site.

Disclaimer of Warranties
USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT THE USE OF THIS SITE IS AT THE USER‣S SOLE RISK. NEITHER CARESQUARE.COM NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION; THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, SAFETY, OR APPROPIRATENESS OF ANY SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH, OR PROVIDED BY, THIS SITE; OR THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OF ANY MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE UNLESS SUCH MERCHANDISE IS COVERED BY AN EXPRESS WARRANTY IN WRITING PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF SALES. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ITS LICENSORS WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION APPEARING ON THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO RESULTS OF YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION. CARESQUARE INC. AND AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE IS FREE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. PARTIES OTHER THAN CARESQUARE.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS IS NOT DISCLOSED, ONLY TO THOSE SPECIFIED BY USERS. CARESQUARE.COM CANNOT AND DOES NOT, HOWEVER, GUARANTEE THAT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION ENTERED BY USERS WILL NOT BE MISAPPROPRIATED, INTERCEPTED, DELETED, DESTROYED OR USED BY OTHERS.

Genereal Release from Liability
You as a User do hereby represent, understand, and expressly agree that none of Caresquare.com and its principals, owners, investors, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, licensees, independent contractors, attorneys, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns has, exercises or purports to exercise control over (1) the quality, timing, legality, standard of care, or any other aspect whatsoever of the services actually delivered by, or of any actions or failures to act of, any Care Provider; or (2) the integrity, solvency, responsibility, or any actions or failures to act of any Parent.

By clicking the "I accept" button below or otherwise utilizing any portion of this Site or services provided by Caresquare.com, you on behalf of yourself, your spouse or domestic partner, and your minor children and any children entrusted to your care ("You" or "Your") hereby release Caresquare.com and its principals, owners, investors, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, licensees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns ("Releasees") from any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, liabilities, costs, damages (whether actual, compensatory, consequential, general, special, incidental, direct, indirect, exemplary, punitive and/or otherwise defined), costs, compensation, penalties, claims for attorneys' fees, and obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever, that, but for this General Release, You may have had, now have, or may have in the future against any of the Releasees, whether known or unknown, direct or consequential, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, developed or undeveloped, manifested or not manifested, fixed or contingent, joint or several, that result from, involve, arise from, or relate in any way to, utilization by You of any portion of this Site or any services provided by Caresquare.com (the "Released Claims"). You expressly agree and acknowledge that "Released Claims" include but are not limited to: (1) any disputes that may arise between You and any other Users; (2) the exercise by Caresquare.com of its right to revoke or suspend the privilege of any User, including You, to use this Site; (3) the use by You of any linked web sites that may appear on this Site; (4) destruction, deletion, inaccurate reproduction, interception, misappropriation, or unauthorized use by any third party of any information provided by You, including without limitation personal and credit card information; (5) any information provided by, and any misstatements, misrepresentations, or statements made by, any User of this Site, including You; (6) any actions or inactions by any User of this Site; (7) Your inability to use this Site; (8) any breach of any warranty claimed to apply to Your use of this Site or any service or merchandise provided by Caresquare.com (except insofar as an express warranty is given in writing with respect to specific merchandise at the time of sale). You expressly agree and acknowledge that this Release is intended to be general in nature and to release fully, finally, and forever all Released Claims against all Releasees, including those that are unknown, unanticipated, unsuspected, incohate, or may arise in the future. You acknowledge that you are familiar with, and voluntarily waive, any and all rights under 1542 of the California Civil Code (and any similar provisions of the laws of any other jurisdiction), which provides:

"A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if know by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor."

You acknowledge that: (1) this General Release is a condition to Your use of any portion of this Site or any services provided by Caresquare.com; (2) Your use of any portion of this Site or other services provided by Caresquare.com constitutes full and sufficient consideration for this General Release; (3) You have read and understood the terms of this General Release; (4) You have either consulted an attorney or voluntarily chosen not to do so; (5) You have voluntarily accepted the terms of this General Release; and (6) the terms of this General Release cannot be modified, except in writing signed or properly accepted by You and Caresquare.com.

Indemnification
By clicking the "I accept" button below or otherwise utilizing any portion of this Site, or services by Caresquare.com, you, on behalf of your spouse or domestic partner ("You" or "Your"), hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Carequare.com and its principals, owners, investors, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, licensees, independent contractors, attorneys, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assigns ("Indemnitees") from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, liabilities, costs, damages (whether actual, compensatory, consequential, general, special, incidental, direct, indirect, exemplary, and/or punitive), actions, causes of action, suits, costs, compensation, penalties, claims for attorneys' fees, defense costs (including attorneys' fees), and obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever that may or would otherwise be incurred by Indemnitees in connection with any demand, claim, suit, cause of action, or other assertion by any third party that results from, involves, arises from, or relates in any way to: (1) any information, materials, statements, items and/or content that You submit, post or transmit, directly or through a third party, to or through this Site; (2) any services that You perform for another User; (3) any dispute between You and another User; (4) any actions or inactions that You take with respect to any other User; (5) the use of any account You create on this Site by You or any third party; (6) any actions or inactions You take that relate in any way to this Site or services provided by Caresquare.com and that violate or are alleged to violate any applicable law; and (7) Your use of this Site, any services provided by Caresquare.com, and/or any linked websites that may appear on this Site in violation of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable law. You agree to assume, at Your sole expense and risk, the defense of any matter tendered to You hereunder by any Indemnified Party. Caresquare.com reserves the right, to assume, at your cost, the exclusive control of the defense of any matter subject to indemnification hereunder. You agree that You will cooperate as reasonably necessary in the defense of all such matters. You agree that You will not settle any claim or matter subject to indemnification hereunder without the written consent of Caresquare.com.

Limitation of Liability
In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions that seeks to absolve Caresquare.com and the other Releasees from liability is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, You expressly agree that the aggregate joint and several liability of Caresquare.com and the other Releasees with respect to any Released Claim will in no event exceed the total amount, if any, that You have paid to Caresquare.com pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.

Arbitration
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions of Use or our services shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in San Francisco, California and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or Caresquare.com may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in San Francisco, California, necessary to protect the rights of property for you or Caresquare.com pending the completion of arbitration.

Waiver
Failure by Caresquare.com to enforce any provision(s) of this Terms and Conditions of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Severability. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be enforced to the fullest extent possible, and the remaining Terms and Conditions of Use shall remain in full force and effect.

Term
These Terms and Conditions of Use will remain in effect until terminated by Caresquare.com.

Notices
Any notice or other communication to be given hereunder will be in writing and given by facsimile, postpaid registered or certified mail return receipt requested, or electronic mail.

Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California (excluding any rules governing choice of laws) and any legal proceeding arising out of these Terms and Conditions will occur in San Francisco, California.

Successors and Assigns
These Terms and Conditions of Use will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

Entire Agreement
These Terms and Conditions of Use (and the policies referenced herein and incorporated by reference) constitute the entire agreement between Caresquare.com and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Privacy Policy

Caresquare.com has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: Caresquare.com. By using this site, you do hereby warrant and represent that you have read, understand and agree to all terms and conditions stated herein. By using this site, you also represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to the terms and conditions stated in the Terms of Use, which is incorporated herein by reference. Please be aware that all confidential credit card information required by the site is processed by Authorize.net. For more information on Authorize.net's security policies, please click here. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. Our site uses cookies to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We use cookies for other purposes as set forth below. Our site‣s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address), unique identifiers (like their social security number), and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners and/or affiliates. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) may be collected to verify the user's identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.

Links and Information
This site contains links to other sites. Caresquare.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. From time to time, Parents and Sitters as well as all other members will have the opportunity to participate in special programs and will be able to opt in to programs that will transfer their information to other services. This will occur only with prior permission from the User. Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor‣s unique identifiers (like their social security number) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) are collected from Web site visitors to verify the user's identity and for use as account numbers in our record system. Caresquare.com expressly disclaims any liability that may arise from the provision of any User of any information whatsoever to this site. You, the User, do hereby agree to hold Caresquare.com harmless from any liability that may arise from the provision of any information to this site. By using this site, you also represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to the terms stated in the Terms of use which is incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the Terms of use, you agree that all information provided to Caresquare.com shall become the property of Caresquare.com subject to any exclusions so stated herein.

Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Caresquare.com expressly disclaims any liability that may arise from the provision of any User of any information whatsoever to these forums. You, the User, do hereby agree to hold Caresquare.com harmless from any liability that may arise from the provision of any information to these forums.

Supplemental Information
This site supplements the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties.

Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor. (please see further below). This site gives users the option to remove their information from our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

Cookies, and Caresquare.com's use thereof
Caresquare.com collects anonymous information through cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data containing a unique identification number that is sent to your browser from a Web server, and is stored on your computer's hard drive. The unique ID number identifies your browser to Caresquare.com‣s computers whenever you visit. Cookies do not enable anyone to access personally identifiable information that you have not already given us. Caresquare.com primarily uses cookies to connect members with account information stored on Caresquare.com's computers. This helps Caresquare.com deliver better and more personalized service. Caresquare.com also uses cookies to estimate Caresquare.com‣s audience size for advertisers; to assist in processing items in your shopping basket; to track the number of entries in Caresquare.com promotions, sweepstakes and contests; to identify the areas of the site you visit; to hold session information; and to track user preferences. Cookies are part of the technology implemented by your browser. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to either notify you when you have received a cookie, or to refuse them all together. Caresquare.com relies on cookies to preserve the Caresquare.com identity you have created while logged on. If you choose to not accept cookies, you cannot participate as a registered, signed-in member. You should be aware that Caresquare.com's advertisers sometimes use banner ads to give you their own cookies. If you want to understand how and why an advertiser uses cookies, check the company's site for their privacy statement. Caresquare.com is not responsible for any issues that may arise regarding the Privacy Policies of any of its affiliates. By using this site, you do hereby agree to hold Caresquare.com harmless from any claims and/or damages that may arise from the policies and/or practices (or lack thereof) of any of its affiliates and/or advertisers.

Caresquare.com's use of member information
Two things drive Caresquare.com's decisions regarding the use of information collected from Caresquare.com members: 1) improving user experience by offering personalized services, content and advertising, and 2) market research. Ads are a standard part of user experience on the Internet, and Caresquare.com believes that targeted advertising enhances this experience. Caresquare.com uses information collected from Caresquare.com members to place ads where they believe interested parties will see them. In addition to banner ads, Caresquare.com may advertise products, companies and events that we think might interest you through the email address you provide. Caresquare.com may analyze information provided directly by you, or obtained through cookies or third parties to direct services and content based on your interests. Caresquare.com reserves the right to collect market research data in order to generate sales to corporate clients. However, market research data may be used at the aggregate level to: 1. Improve the likelihood of a sale to a group of Caresquare.com members 2. Increase the likelihood that a group's experience on Caresquare.com is relevant to its interests as a whole 3. Formulate group-level statistical models that are used to accomplish goal #2 (above). Caresquare.com‣s market research may be collected in some of the following ways: 1. Among individuals who opt-in to take surveys during the registration process or while on Caresquare.com (those who sign up are contacted and take surveys through email) 2. Through surveys that we publicly post on Caresquare.com (it is never mandatory to answer these surveys) 3. Through contests that are offered on the site 4. Through general use of the site Caresquare.com uses data at the individual level to sell products and services to Caresquare.com members who express an interest in these products and services, through a poll for example, or to members who can be presumed to have an interest based on results from a statistical analysis.

Information logged by Caresquare.com
When you surf the Internet, your browser automatically transmits information to the sites you visit throughout every visit. Examples of such information include referral data (URL of the Web page you were on before coming to Caresquare.com), IP address and your browser version. We collect this information to help improve our services and moderate the site. All the information that is automatically submitted by your browser is considered anonymous. Caresquare.com also logs information you submit through registration, forms for optional programs, surveys and other entries, cookie data and communications transmitted through Caresquare.com applications. Only authorized Caresquare.com staff have access to your information in its entirety. Other employees may have access to bits and pieces of this information if it pertains to their job duties.

What is Caresquare.com's information retention policy?
To preserve the integrity of our databases, standard procedure calls for us to retain information submitted by members for an indefinite length of time. Caresquare.com understands your submissions as consent to store all your information in one place for this indefinite length of time, if we so wish. If required by law, as is the case to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will nullify member information by erasing it from our database. We will also respond to written member requests to nullify account information. If you wish to make such a request, which requires that we verify your identity, or if you have any questions regarding this policy, contact Caresquare.com at info@caresquare.com. Also, by using this site, you do hereby represent and warrant that you understand and agree that all information submitted by you to Caresquare.com becomes the property of Caresquare.com and may be used in the sole discretion of Caresquare.com in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

Caresquare.com security of collected information
Your Caresquare.com Profile is password-protected so that only you and authorized Caresquare.com employees have access to your account information. In order to maintain this protection, do not give your password to anyone. If someone who says they are Caresquare.com staff asks for any personal account information, including password, check their URL. If it doesn't say they are info@caresquare.com, they're not. Also, if you share a computer, you should sign out of your Caresquare.com account and close the browser window before someone else logs on. This will protect your information on public terminals. Caresquare.com makes every effort to ensure that your information is secure on its system. Extremely sensitive information, like credit card numbers, is always transmitted in encrypted form. Only certain authorized Caresquare.com employees can access this information if it's relevant to their job duties. Caresquare.com has staff dedicated to maintaining this Privacy Policy and other privacy initiatives, periodically reviewing Web security and making sure that every Caresquare.com employee is aware of our security practices. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, Caresquare.com cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. If you have any further questions on this issue, refer to the site Terms of Use. Caresquare.com expressly disclaims any liability that may arise should any other individuals obtain the information you submit to this site.

With whom does Caresquare.com share information?
When you submit information to Caresquare.com, it is generally collected, processed and maintained solely by us. Sometimes we may allow partner companies to collect information about members from us or directly from you (through their Web site). When Caresquare.com is the source, it is usually so that we can provide a service with a partner. We choose to work with upstanding companies that will treat your information responsibly. But, since we don't own these companies, we can't speak for them on privacy issues. Before telling them about yourself, check out their privacy statements. If you are not satisfied with their information practices, you can choose to not use their service.

Content Partners
Some Caresquare.com content is "sponsored by" or "presented by" other companies. Caresquare.com typically shares market research data (how the sponsorship performed, names of contest winners, etc.) collected on the site or via email surveys with these partners. This information is typically aggregate and not linked to specific users.

Partner Sponsorships
Partners may sponsor promotions, contests and sweepstakes that require you to reveal details such as your name, address or phone number. Always check their privacy policy before revealing information about yourself. If you don't want these sponsors to have your personal information, you can choose to not participate. When visitors come to Caresquare.com, they may receive cookies from Caresquare.com's sponsors; this information is typically not shared with Caresquare.com. This privacy statement does not address the information practices of our advertisers. You should read the privacy statements of all third-party sites, as their privacy policies may differ from Caresquare.com's.

Finally, Caresquare.com reserves the right to disclose user information from both private and public areas of the site at our discretion to anyone or no one at all, if required by law or if given reason to believe, in our sole discretion, that someone is causing injury to or interference with the rights of Caresquare.com members or the general public, or with Caresquare.com's rights of property. Please be advised, however, that all information submitted by you to Caresquare.com becomes the property of Caresquare.com. By submitting this information, you do hereby agree to allow Caresquare.com to use such information at its sole discretion pursuant to the terms of the Terms of use. Specifically, we may also share certain information about you with those of our vendors who are responsible for handling your account or performing other necessary services that you require. Although we may share sensitive financial information (i.e., credit card numbers, banking information), security information (e.g., account passwords) and personal communications (e.g., personal e-mail messages or message board postings) with such vendors where necessary and appropriate, we will not share such information with other third parties, except in response to formal requests (e.g., subpoena or court order) made in connection with litigation or arbitration proceedings directly relating to a domain name registration or other services we provide. Additionally, we may share the information stored on that database, as well as other information that is not of a sensitive nature, with carefully selected business partners, including those who offer services that complement those provided by us or which may otherwise be of interest to you. If you do not want us to share information about you with our business partners, you may send us an e-mail at info@caresquare.com. Include the word "privacy" in the subject line of the e-mail and all your registration information in the body of the e-mail. Finally, Caresquare.com reserves the right to transfer, sell and/or distribute all information collected on its sight for any purpose, including, but not limited to, for satisfaction of any debt or upon liquidation of the company should such a situation arise.

Caresquare.com's opt-in/out policy
During registration you choose whether to receive correspondence from either Caresquare.com or its partners and whether you want to participate in a variety of Caresquare.com programs. This information remains on your Profile where you can, at any point, easily edit it to indicate that you have changed your mind. After logging on, click on "settings" on the left-hand navigation bar. Then click on "email," and make your selections under "Caresquare.com emails" and “Special offers.” If you purchase anything through Caresquare.com, we may occasionally contact you with information about special events, sales, and activities. You always have the option to ask Caresquare.com not to contact you with this information again. As for promotions, contests, submission opportunities and programs, you will not be included unless you opt-in.

If you receive unsolicited email from a Caresquare.com domain, please contact us at info@caresquare.com.

How can Caresquare.com members edit their information?
Caresquare.com believes strongly in giving you the ability to access and edit your personal information. To update your personal info, go to the Profile tab after you log in. There you can view, update and correct your account information. You may edit your profile at any time -- all you need is your username and password. So that we can protect the integrity of sensitive data, there are certain pieces of information, that you cannot alter yourself. For example, since children under 18 are not allowed to register as Caresquare.com members, we need to take reasonable measures to preserve the accuracy of our members' ages. Please contact us at info@caresquare.com to find out how to change information you cannot access through your Profile.

Our databases automatically update any personal information you edit in your profile, or that you request we edit. Information transmitted through boards, chats, polls or through any other means remain in our databases and become the property of Caresquare.com upon submission. Keep this in mind if you decide to communicate personal information through any of these applications.

Caresquare.com and the protection of children's privacy
Caresquare.com is intended for people 18 or over. Our registration process is intentionally designed to identify children under 18 years of age. We have also made an effort to specifically limit Caresquare.com's appeal to people of age 18 and older. Caresquare.com will not knowingly collect any information from children under 18. If it comes to our attention that a member has revealed, on Caresquare.com, that they are under 18, a member of Caresquare.com's staff will immediately close their account.
Note to parents: If your child is under 18 and has become a Caresquare.com member using a false age, please notify us at info@caresquare.com so that we can immediately close the account and nullify all personally identifiable information collected from them. If your child is under the age of 18 and you would like to know more about our site, information practices, stored information on your child, or how to close your child's account, contact Caresquare.com's staff at info@caresquare.com. In both instances, you will need to provide your full name, address, phone number, e-mail address and child's user name.

Notification of changes
Caresquare.com‣s security and privacy policy are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary. This policy might change as Caresquare.com updates and expands its services. Caresquare.com will contact you via email and post notification if there are any material changes in its privacy practices. Caresquare.com also encourages you to also check the privacy policy out periodically. By using the site, you do hereby represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to all terms of this Privacy Policy and Terms of use. Each time you use the site, you agree to all terms set forth by Caresquare.com in both its Privacy Policy and Terms of use and any other policies published by Caresquare.com on the site. If you do not understand any of the terms or conditions of any of Caresquare.com's policies, you may inquire regarding the same via electronic correspondence (e-mail) at info@caresquare.com. How can I reach Caresquare.com staff? If you have technical problems, questions or other issues related to your use of Caresquare.com, please click the link Contact Us on the home page of the site. You can also contact us at info@caresquare.com.

Caresquare.com‣s staff will respond to all requests sent through mail or email from members, caregivers and parents interested in knowing more about what personal information is stored on the Caresquare.com database, or if they want their personal information nullified, or have additional questions regarding privacy.

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact us at info@caresquare.com.