Terms and Conditions
This agreement of terms and
conditions applicable to members of the service
provided by Savvylance Members must agree to
the following Terms and Conditions. In the event a member breaches or otherwise
fails to comply with any provision of these Terms and Conditions then in
addition to any other remedy available to Savvylance, Savvylance may terminate
the membership of such member or shall withhold any payments
relating to participation.
MEMBERSHIP
ELIGIBILITY
Savvylance.com shall have sole discretion as to
whether or not to accept a particular applicant or site for participation
in the service offered..
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Savvylance.com reserves the right to terminate the
membership of any member or site without reason but exactly including any
member site that Savvylance judges to be in violation of the Terms and
Conditions.
Members in violation of Savvylance's Terms and Conditions will be immediately
deactivated. Savvylance may deactivate members with no prior notification.
Members found in violation of the Terms and Conditions will not receive any
credit or payment from Savvylance. Members that are terminated by Savvylance on
any basis other than violation of these Terms and Conditions will not be entitled to
receive any payment due from Savvylance.
PAYMENTS
Savvylance will make payments and withdrawals
if the member requests it and their account balance is more than
$25. All payments will be made in US Dollar. Savvylance
verify all deposits and ask you to verify yourself; In case you fail to send
required verification information either by E-mail, Fax or Phone, we reserve the right to
refund the deposit and terminate your account. Savvylance reserves the right to
stop a withdrawal if the source of the funds is suspected to be fraudulent.
Any funds received from an account having made a fraudulent deposit will be
send back immediately. If in a fraudulent payment situation
a withdrawal has already been processed, you will be expected to return the
funds to your Savvylance account or face account termination. Savvylance cannot
be held liable for deposits send back without its authorization due to reasons,
including, but not limited to, fraud, or complaints.
As already stated, any member or site that Savvylance terminate from the service
due to violation of the Terms and Conditions will not receive any payment.
ESCROW
Savvylance provides escrow as a free, bonus, and
automated service only as a tool to help members transact more securely. We do
not act as an arbitrator between parties, should a dispute arise, except in
limited situations. Financial disputes should be resolved between members, or
via another third party, and without Savvylance whenever possible. We do,
however, reserve the right to cancel an escrow payment, at any time, if we
assume we are left with no other option. We also reserve the right to complete
an escrow payment if no response is received from the payer, after repeated
contact for 30 days.
DEPOSIT DISPUTES
Members cam not file a complaint with one of our
payment processors, including PayPal or Credit Card, Bank Transfer, regarding the funds deposited
into their account. Savvylance staff will do its best to resolve any problem a
member may have. Refunds will be processed, if seems necessary, at a time of Savvylance staff's choosing.
Due to improper communication systems
between our payment processors and Savvylance staff members, payment disputes
logged directly with those processors cannot be properly managed and will cause
further delays. Due to this, members who make a complaint to our payment
processor will face account termination without notice.
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
Members can not use copyright material to be posted on Savvylance.
Only posting sections of articles or scripts, will be permitted. This is meant to protect the
author's rights. We also do not tolerate projects requesting unauthorized
reproduction of copyrighted or patented material.
CHANGE IN TERMS &
CONDITIONS
Savvylance reserves the right to change the member
Terms and Conditions at any time. It is the member's responsibility to check
these Terms and Conditions from time to time for such changes. In the event
Savvylance offers any additional or replacement services then this agreement
shall apply to such services in the absence of any new agreement specific to
such services which is entered into between the parties.
PROPRIETORSHIP
Members agree that all information contained on a
website operated by Savvylance, and all information compiled by Savvylance
through operation of the affiliate program, is the proprietary information of
Savvylance. Personal information provided by members to Savvylance will be kept
confidential and will not be distributed to any third party.
PROVIDING
CONTACT INFORMATION
Members agree not to post their e-mail address on
the site, except in the "e-mail" field of the signup form, or when asked by
Savvylance at any other time. There should be no need to give anyone your e-mail
address. It is automatically provided if you choose a programmer (or you are the
programmer chosen for) a project, and before that time you can use the message
board to communicate.
You are prohibited from making direct contact with
another member, unless it's for a project you (Freelancer/Programmer) have been picked
for, or you (a webmaster/Project creator) have selected a programmer for. This includes giving out
your e-mail address, phone number, or any other method of contact
outside the savvylance. Savvylance provides you with message boards, which should
be sufficient for pre-project planning. The only exception to this is on
"Featured" projects. If a project has the "Featured" on it, that means
the webmaster has paid a fee in advance, and you are allowed to provide contact
information in the message board.
BIDDING
PROJECTS
Programmers can only place bids that equal the total amount of money they
are requesting for the project. You cannot post an hourly bid or any other
abnormal type of bid. This applies to webmasters too. Webmasters cannot create
projects that directly or indirectly require programmers to place hourly or
other abnormal bids. The only exception, for both webmasters and programmers, is
when the project is featured.
POSTING PROJECTS
New users are limited to the posting of only two
projects before being asked to make a deposit. This is meant to protect other
users and prevent fraudulent activity. A user is required to deposit any amount
of funds before they gain the right to post unlimited projects.
PROMOTING A PERSONAL SITE
You are prohibited from promoting or advertising your website on Savvylance. Any URL posted in a bid, project description, or the message board,
must relate to a project on Savvylance. You can post your
portfolio, resume page and other thing that relates to the projects.
ACCOUNTS
Any member may not have more than one
Webmaster account and one Programmer account, without authorization by Savvylance staff. It is also prohibited under
any condition too transfer
ownership of an account.
AFFILIATES
Affiliates can only refer legitimately interested
visitors, spamming is strictly prohibited. You understand that Savvylance can
stop payment if it believes a referral's fee payment made is due to fraud or by
other means. Savvylance reserves the right to limit participation in its
affiliate program as well as withhold payment of commissions due to
inappropriate activity on behalf of any involved party.
REFERRAL COMMISSIONS
The referral commission paid out will be the one listed on the Referrals
page (http://www.savvylance.com/referrals.php).
If the commission rate is changed, it will only affect referrals made after the
new commission was announced. You may not refer yourself, nor sign up for
multiple accounts to collect referral fees. If found, no commission will be paid
and membership will be cancelled immediately without further notice.
THE SAVVYLANCE
ROLE
Savvylance acts as a map between webmasters and
programmers in a virtual marketplace . As a neutral facilitator, Savvylance is
not directly involved in the actual transactions between users of the Site. As a
result, Savvylance has no control over the truth, accuracy, quality, legality,
or safety of postings made by users. Because verifying the identity of a user on
the Internet is difficult, Savvylance cannot and does not confirm the identity
of users. Savvylance also does not confirm nor verify the qualifications,
background, or abilities of users. Therefore, We recommend that You be careful
and exercise common sense and good judgment when dealing with any member on the
Site. You are encouraged to review our
Project Guidelines before taking part in a
project. If you are unsatisfied with another member, the most Savvylance can do
is refund the project commission you have been charged by us. We cannot refund
the money you have sent to someone, we are not responsible for your
transactions. Savvylance is not responsible for any fraudulent payments made by
users and cannot be held liable for financial loss incurred from fraudulent
transactions. It is the receiver's responsibility to verify the identity and
background of the sender.
LEGAL ISSUES
Members are responsible for legal issues related to
the work product or process and any postings on Savvylance. This site is
governed by the laws of the Province of New Delhi, any legal action against us
shall take place in the courts of the New Delhi. All disputes are subject to New
Delhi, India jurisdiction.
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