Welcome to RussiaMatches.com (our "Website"), a member site of Qpid Network ("Qpid Network" or the "Network"). By accessing and using our website, you agree to this Terms of Use Agreement (the "Agreement") that is subject to Qpid Network’s Master Terms of Use ("Master Terms") which is incorporated by reference, and you further agree to comply with the all these provisions and terms.

This Agreement applies to your use of our Websites as well as other pages, information, software, services, products and contents which may be operated, hosted or managed by Qpid Network or its affiliates (together, "the Qpid Network Services" or "our Websites")). Some of these products and services may require your use of a Qpid Network Account (the "Account"), and this Agreement contains terms which are applicable to the use of such products and services. By using our services (our "Services") or by completing the registration process to obtain and use a Qpid Network Account, you agree to be bound by this Agreement for as long as you continue to be a member. If you do not agree to this Agreement, please do not register with our Website or otherwise access or use our Websites.

We reserve the right at any time to alter or amend the terms of this Agreement, modify our Webites contents or features, or change any fees or charges for using our Websites and our Services. Whatever changes we make will go into effect from the date of revision without notice to you. Your use of our Websites after such changes will be deemed your acceptance of the changes. You may bookmark this page and check it frequently for any notice of amendments / changes to the earlier version of Agreement.

THIS IS NOT A FREE SITE

While signing up for membership is free, which includes functions such as browsing members’ profiles and pictures (except Locked Photos, which require upgrading membership to PREMIUM) , receiving admirer mails and using bonus point to send introduction mails to others whom you have just met. Correspondence with members via EMF Mail, Live Chat and CamShare, etc are paid for using credits which can be purchased on our Websites. For details of our cost of services, please click here.

1. Eligibility

1.1  You must be at least eighteen years old when you register to become a member of our Websites. Your membership of at our Websites is void where prohibited.

1.2  By using our Websites and our Services, you represent and warrant that you have the capacity to enter into this Agreement and to comply with all of its terms and conditions. If such representation turns out to be false, your membership will be terminated immediately without refund of any unused or used Qpid Credit / funds.

2. Registration

2.1  Before you register to be a member of our Websites, you are deemed to understand how our Websites and our Services work. You may check for related details in our FAQs/Help pages.

2.2  When you register to become a member, you agree to provide accurate and the most updated information about yourself as required. We reserve the right at any time to terminate your membership if you are found to provide inaccurate, outdated, incomplete or misleading information, as we may determine in our sole discretion.

2.3  Access to our Websites requires completion of a simple registration process in order to obtain a Qpid Network Account and password necessary to become a member to enjoy our Services. Besides, for those who obtain the Account through successful completion of membership registration on other Qpid Network Sites ("Qpid Network Sites", "our Websites"), provided that there is no breach of the existing or related agreement of terms of use, they will be automatically offered the membership of our Websites unless they elect to opt-out of such arrangement.

2.4  You will select the Account that will be identified as your Qpid Network Account for your access to our Websites. In some instances the Account may offer you the opportunity to obtain further Qpid Network Sites services which become associated with your Qpid Network Account.

2.5  We encourage you to tell us what your membership preferences are for your registration of Qpid Network Sites. Unless you choose to terminate your Qpid Network Account with us, you shall be subject to the Privacy Policy, personal information such as your name, profile information may be used by our Websitess for providing goods and services to you.

2.6  By becoming a member, you agree to accept and consent to receiving electronic communications initiated from our Websites or through Qpid Network or its affiliates including without limitation: message notification emails, matches updates, emails informing you of promotions that either are provided by our Websites or that are being provided by Qpid Network Sites. You may opt-out from receiving such email communications sent from or through our Websites by notifying us.

3. Termination

3.1  We may immediately terminate your membership and your access to our Services if found that you are found in breach of this Agreement. We reserve the right to take further action for the loss or the potential loss on our end and/ or any loss caused to other members or third parties when necessary as a result of your breach of this Agreement. You will not be entitled to any refund of any used or unused Qpid Credit /funds upon any breach of this Agreement by you.

3.2  You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason, effective upon receipt by us of your written notice of termination. All unused credits can be refunded as per our Refund Policy.

3.3  Save as otherwise expressly provided in any additional terms governing the use of specific services, for non-fee paying members, , we may cancel or suspend your use of our Services at any time at our discretion, without cause and without notice.

3.4  Your right to use our Services and your Qpid Network Account may end once your account is terminated and any information you have stored on our system may no longer be available to you. It is therefore important you maintain your own archive of information at your choice.

3.5  If you have subscribed to any other products or services for which payment is necessary, you remain responsible for paying any amounts due on your account at the time your account is terminated. If you are participating in any free promotional offer for accessing other Qpid Network Services you must cancel such Services before the end of the free trial period to avoid incurring charges.

4. Online / Offline Conduct

As a member of our Websites, you understand and agree that:

4.1  You may have only ONE membership account on our Websites at any point in time, which is for your sole private use. You may not authorize others to use your membership account, and you’re a membership account may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Only natural persons may use our Websites. Other legal entities like organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become members and should not use our Services for any purpose.

4.2  You will only use our Websites and our Services in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. You will not transmit defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights when using our Websites and our Services.

4.3  You will not make illegal and/or unauthorized uses of our Websites and our Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of other members posted on our Websites by any means for the purpose of sending unsolicited emails and unauthorized framing of or linking to our Websites. Appropriate legal action will be taken on our side, including without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress.

4.4  We are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any members using our Websites. Please use caution and common sense when using our Websites and the Services. Your interactions with other members posted on our Websites are entirely at your own risk in particular those set out in the Risk Disclosure Statements.

4.5  In addition to our Intellectual Property Policy, you may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted materials, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.

4.6  We are entitled to review and delete any contents, messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in our sole judgment violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm or threaten the safety of our Websites, our Services and other members.

4.7  Our service fees quoted on our Websites form part of this Agreement. We reserve the right to change the same at any time. If you are unhappy with any service fee changes you may terminate your membership by writing to us.

4.8  When using particular Services of our Websites, you shall be subject to any posted Policies or Procedural Rules applicable to such Services, which may be updated and modified from time to time. All such Policies or Procedural Rules are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

5. Qpid Credits

Our Services can be purchased using Qpid. You can obtain Qpid Credit by paying via credit/debit card, cash, check or any other method our Websites may accept as payment of account subject to our Refund Policy. All costs of our Services are denoted in units of Qpid Credit unless a particular currency is specified.

6. Refund Policy

Please refer to our Refund Policy. The Refund Policy on our Websites forms a part of this Agreement. We reserve the right to amend or alter such Policy at any time, and changes are effective upon posting on our Websites with notice to you.

7. Privacy

Use of our Websites and/or its Services is governed by our Privacy Policy which is subject to revision from time to time.

8. Proprietary Rights of Contents of our Websites

8.1  We own and retain other proprietary rights of our Websites and ourServices, as described in details in the Qpid Network Intellectual Property Policy. Our Websites contains member profiles, photos, copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information of our operating or holding company or its licensors. Except for those information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.

8.2  Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us. Notice of claims of copyright infringement should be provided to the following address: Elite State UK Limited, 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ.

8.3  You will not "frame" or "mirror" any part of our Websites, without our prior written authorization. You also shall not use Meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to our Websites or our Services in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose.

9. Disclaimers

9.1  We cannot and do not warrant any specific outcome from using of our Websites and/or our Services. We make no warranties, guarantees or representations as to any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed, uploaded or distributed through our Websites by us, our partners or any member or any other person or entity.

9.2  We NEVER authorize any third-party organization or individual, including without limitation, those service providers our Websites presently cooperates with and/or used to co-operate with, any local service provider staff, any member whose profile is posted on our Websites, to impose any charge our members for any reason in the name of our Websites. We do not rule out the possibility that besides using our Websites and our Services, some of our members might at the same time have relationship with certain service provider that our Websites presently cooperates with and/or used to co-operate with, and even pay for their service that is in no connection with our Websites. We claim no warranties for the quality of their service, and carry no responsibility for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from your use of their service. And you are solely responsible for any transactions between you and that service provider, whether online or offline.

9.3  Our Websites has built up a good reputation that is widely acknowledged by members seeking dating and romance. However, some other websites of the same kind may duplicate our business and service model by publishing false member profiles and/or providing fraudulent service to cheat sincere members looking for dating and romance. We accept no liability to you for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special or punitive damages, including loss of profits arising from your use of such fishing sites.

10. Limitation / Exclusion of Liability

10.1  WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE MEMBERS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITES, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE. PLEASE USE CAUTION AND COMMON SENSE WHEN USING OUR WEBSITES AND OUR SERVICE. YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS WITH PROFILE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITES ARE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

10.2  WE CLAIM IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER THE LAW AND FOR CONTENTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIRD-PARTIES THAT OUR WEBSITES COOPERATES WITH, AND NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO WAIVE, REMOVE, OR USURP SUCH IMMUNITY.

10.3  IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING ALSO LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OF ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, COSTS (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES) OR OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARISE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR FROM YOUR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT.

10.4  WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD-PARTIES THAT WE COOPERATE WITH. WE DO NOT DETERMINE WHICH INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED BY THAT THIRD PARTY FOR PURPOSE UNRELATED TO SERVICE OF OUR WEBSITES.

11. Risk Disclosure Statements and Client Protection Policy

As is with every objective you may pursue in life, there is always the associated risk(s), so are the endeavors you are about to take through our Services. Whilst we have taken and will take every practical control to minimize the such risks, we wish to highlight some scenarios of higher likelihood, which you must be aware of and undertake to risk the same. For details of the risks associated with our Services and the possible counter measures, please read our Risk Disclosure Statements and Client Protection Policy.

12. Legal Terms, Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or related to the Agreement shall be filed only in the Courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and that you hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts, absolutely waive the procedural defence of "forum non-convenien". No action arising under or related to the Agreement may be brought by either party more than one year after the cause of action has occurred. This Agreement is governed and to be interpreted exclusively by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.