TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

1. ADOPTMATCH RULES

Before you can use our Services (and we do hope you love it), you will need to register for an account ("Account"). In order to create an Account, you must:

• be at least 18 years old; and
• be legally permitted to use the Services by the laws in your State (...that is, one of the United States of America).

You can create an Account via manual registration or by using your Google login details. If you create an Account using your Google login details, you authorize us to access, display, and use certain information from your Google account (e.g., profile pictures, relationship status, location, and information about friends). For more information about what information we use and how we use it, please check out our Privacy Policy.

Unfortunately, we cannot allow you to use another person's Account without permission.

We hope AdoptMatch is a good fit for you, but if you feel the need to leave, you can request that your profile be unpublished, meaning no one will see your profile, but your information will be saved in case you want to restart your Account. You may also request to delete your account at any time by going to the 'My Account' page when you are logged in and clicking on the 'Delete my Account' link. Your Account will be deleted immediately, but it may take a little while for Your Content (defined below) to be completely removed from the Services. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to terminate or suspend any Account, or make use of any operational, technological, legal, or other means available to enforce the Terms (including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses), at any time without liability and without the need to give you prior notice.

We reserve the right to deactivate your account at any time without liability or prior notice if:

You do not have a valid home study. It is your responsibility to ensure your home study remains current. If your home study expires, your account will be subject to immediate deactivation. This policy ensures that licensed professionals and their placing parent clients using AdoptMatch only view profiles of families legally eligible to adopt.

You may not access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services or our systems. Certain portions of the Services may not be accessible if you have not registered for an Account.

2. ADOPTION PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES

By creating an adoption professional listing, you represent and warrant that you are licensed to provide services in the states where you operate, and adhere to AdoptMatch's Guiding Principles in all adoptive placements. AdoptMatch may, at any time and in its sole discretion, remove an adoption professional listing without any cause.

3. TYPES OF CONTENT

There are three types of content that you will be able to access on the Services:

• content that you upload and provide ("Your Content");
• content that partners provide ("Partner Content"); and
• content that Ethical Family Building provides ("Our Content").

There is certain content we can't allow on AdoptMatch. We want our users to be able to express themselves as much as possible and post all sorts of things to help them stand out on Ethical Family Building, but we have to impose restrictions on certain content, which:

• contains language or imagery which could be deemed offensive or is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person;
• is obscene, pornographic, violent, or otherwise may offend human dignity;
• is abusive, insulting, or threatening, discriminatory, or promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred, or bigotry;
• encourages any illegal activity, including, without limitation, terrorism, inciting racial hatred, or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offence;
• is defamatory or libelous;
• relates to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, and advertising, links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers);
• Involves the transmission of "junk" mail or "spam";
• contains any spyware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage or limit the functionality of or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment, Trojan horse or any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept or expropriate any data or personal information whether from AdoptMatch or otherwise;
• itself, or the posting of which, infringes any third party's rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);
• shows another person and was created or distributed without that person's express or implied consent.

Ethical Family Building operates a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of content and encourages our Community to bring to our attention any content that does not meet our high standards.

4. RESTRICTIONS ON THE SERVICES

You agree to:

• comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, State adoption laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, equal opportunity laws, and regulatory requirements;
• Use your real name on your profile.
• Use the services in a professional manner.

You agree that you will not:

• act in an unlawful or unprofessional manner, including being dishonest, abusive, or discriminatory;
• misrepresent your identity, your current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity;
• disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose;
• create or operate a pyramid scheme, fraud, or other similar practice.

We do not tolerate adoption scammers and certainly don't like users misbehaving in the AdoptMatch community. Therefore, you can report any abuse or complain about Member Content by contacting us, outlining the abuse and/or complaint. You can also report a user directly from a profile or in chat by clicking the 'Block & Report' link.

Also, we don't appreciate users doing bad things to Ethical Family Building - we've worked hard on our creation, so scraping or replicating any part of the Services without our prior consent is expressly prohibited. This includes any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces - unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us.

5. PRIVACY

For information about how AdoptMatch collects, uses, and shares your personal data, please check out our Privacy Policy – this is important stuff, and makes for great "quiet-time" reading! By using AdoptMatch, you agree that we can use such data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6. NOTIFICATIONS & LOCATION-BASED FEATURES

We may provide you with emails, text messages, push notifications, alerts, and other messages related to the Services and/or the Ethical Family Building services, such as enhancements, offers, products, events, and other promotions. With respect to other types of messaging or communications, such as emails, text messages, etc., you can unsubscribe or opt out by either following the specific instructions included in such communications or by emailing us with your request at team@adoptmatch.com

The Services may allow access to or make available opportunities for you to view certain content and receive other products, services, and/or other materials based on your location. To make these opportunities available to you, the Services will determine your location using one or more reference points, such as GPS, Bluetooth, and/or software within your mobile device. For more about how the Services use and retain your information, please read the Privacy Policy.

7. DISCLAIMER

We get it, using all caps makes the below look intimidating, but it is super important!

8. INDEMNITY

All the actions you make and information you post on AdoptMatch remain your responsibility. Therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us, and our partners, licensors, affiliates, contractors, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, harmless, from and against any third party claims, damages (actual and/or consequential), actions, proceedings, demands, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) suffered or reasonably incurred by us arising as a result of, or in connection with:

• any negligent acts, omissions, or willful misconduct by you;
• your access to and use of the Services;
• the uploading or submission of Content to the Services by you;
• any breach of these Terms by you; and/or
• your violation of any law or of any rights of any third party.

We retain the exclusive right to settle, compromise, and pay any and all claims or causes of action which are brought against us without your prior consent. If we ask, you will cooperate fully and reasonably as required by us in the defense of any relevant claim.

9. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitations may not apply to you.

10. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

Ethical Family Building has adopted the following policy towards copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA"). If you believe any Member Content or Our Content infringes upon your intellectual property rights, please submit a notification alleging such infringement ("DMCA Takedown Notice"), including the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Any DMCA Takedown Notices should be sent to: team@adoptmatch.com

11. THIRD-PARTY APP STORE

The following additional terms and conditions apply to you if you download the Services from a third-party store. To the extent that the other terms and conditions of these Terms are less restrictive than, or otherwise conflict with, the terms and conditions of this Section, the more restrictive or conflicting terms and conditions in this Section will apply, but solely with respect to the Services and the Third Party Store. You acknowledge and agree that:

• These Terms are concluded solely between you and Ethical Family Building and not with the providers of the Third Party Store, and Ethical Family Building (and not the Third Party Store providers) is solely responsible for the Services and the content thereof. To the extent that these Terms provide for usage rules for the Services which are less restrictive or in conflict with the applicable terms of service of the Third Party Store from which you obtain the Services, the more restrictive or conflicting term of the Third Party Store will take precedence and will apply.
• The Third Party Store provider has no obligation whatsoever to provide any maintenance and support services with respect to the Services. Ethical Family Building is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. The Third Party Store provider will have no warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Services, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the sole responsibility of Ethical Family Building.
• Ethical Family Building, not the Third Party Store provider, is responsible for addressing any claims you or any third party may have relating to the Services or your possession and/or use of the Services, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the Services fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; and/or (iv) intellectual property infringement claims.
• The Third Party Store provider and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and, upon your acceptance of these Terms, the Third Party Store provider from whom you obtained the Services will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third- party beneficiary thereof.

12. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We know our Terms are pretty great now, but we may have to change them in the future

We're growing and learning as we go. As Ethical Family Building grows, we might have to make changes to these Terms, so we reserve the right to modify, amend, or change the Terms at any time (a "Change"). If we do this, then the Changes will be posted on this page, and we will indicate the Effective Date of the updates at the bottom of the Terms. In certain circumstances, we may send an email to you notifying you of a Change. You should regularly check this page for notice of any Changes – we want our users to be as informed as possible.

Your continued use of Ethical Family Building following any Change constitutes your acceptance of the Change, and you will be legally bound by the new updated Terms. If you do not accept any Changes to the Terms, you should stop using AdoptMatch immediately (and we'll be so sad to see you go!).

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13. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

No waiver by Ethical Family Building of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Ethical Family Building to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

14. LINKS FROM THE SERVICES

If the Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to the Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

15. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF CLASS ACTIONS

This website is operated from the United States. All matters arising out of or relating to these Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule of any jurisdiction that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of California. YOU AND ETHICAL FAMILY BUILDING AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING DISPUTES AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, A FEDERAL OR STATE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. However, nothing in this paragraph limits your right or Ethical Family Building's right to bring a lawsuit against each other as an individual plaintiff.

16. LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE CLAIMS

Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the use of the Services or these Terms must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. Any claim by you that may arise in connection with these Terms will be compensable by monetary damages, and you will in no event be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief.

17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Ethical Family Building regarding the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Services.

18. CONTACT US

Ethical Family Building is located at:

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to: team@adoptmatch.com