Terms & Conditions terms and conditions governing membership [subject to revision by sms5050.com from time to time] dear user, it is seriously a good idea to read these terms and conditions before registration. don't tell us later on, we didn't warn you. this is serious legal stuff, therefore we shall try and be as politically correct as possible, so don't mind the this hi-brow lingo. we can have our fun on the other pages. by registering on sms5050.com, you explicitly understand and agree that : the minimum age for registering is 18 years for women and 21 years for men for the matrimony section. you are not disabled by any law from entering into a contract, aha! you have gone through the terms and conditions and agree to be bound by them. yes. conditions of use: welcome to sms5050.com. sms5050.com and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. if you visit or sign up at sms5050.com, you accept these conditions. please read them carefully. in addition, when you use any current or future sms5050.com services or visit or any business affiliated with sms5050.com, whether or not included in the sms5050.com web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such services or business. Privacy: please review our privacy notice, which also governs your visit to sms5050.com, to understand our practices. electronic communications: when you visit sms5050.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. you consent to receive communications from us electronically. we will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. copyright: all content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of sms5050.com or its content suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of sms5050.com and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. all software used on this site is the property of sms5050.com or its software suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. trademark www.sms5050.com www.mobile5050.com and other marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of sms5050.com, or its subsidiaries, in the united states and other countries. other sms5050.com graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of sms5050.com, or its subsidiaries. sms5050.com's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not sms5050.com's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers or in any manner that disparages or discredits sms5050.com. all other trademarks not owned by sms5050.com or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by sms5050.com or its subsidiaries. license and site access: sms5050.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of sms5050.com. this license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. this site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of sms5050.com. you may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of sms5050.com and our affiliates without express written consent. you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing sms5050.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of sms5050.com. any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by sms5050.com. you may not use any sms5050.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission. your account: if you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. sms5050.com and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel subscription in their sole discretion. membership mode: by registering your profile on sms5050 you become a member of sms5050.com. membership is not automatic: the right of admission vests with sms5050.com. you become a member upon due acceptance of the profile/payment by sms5050.com. membership and rights of admission is reserved solely for Indian nationals & citizens Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Non Resident Indians (NRI) Person of Indian Descent or Indian Heritage. length of membership: you continue to be a member of sms5050.com till: * sms5050.com discharges its obligations to you by the rendering of its services to you; or the termination of the membership by either sms5050.com or you. privacy of membership: your membership is only for personal use. it is not to be assigned, transferred or licensed so as to be used by any other person/entity. members are advised to make appropriate/thorough enquiries before acting upon any matrimonial advertisement. our site does not vouch for or subscribe to the claims and representations made by advertisers regarding particulars of status, age, income of other members. online conduct: you are responsible for the content and information [including profile and photograph] you post or transmit through sms5050.com's services. you will not post or transmit any content or information [in whatever form they may be contained] that is defamatory, blasphemous, abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, profane, intimidating, illegal or in violation of the rights of any person, including intellectual property rights. no content or information shall contain details or particulars of any of sms5050.com's competitors, including their contact details. you will not use your online membership as a platform for any kind of promotional campaign, solicitation, advertising or dealing in any products or services or transmit any chain letters or junk mails. your membership will automatically be suspended if you send "abusive, obscene or sexually oriented" message/s to other members. sms5050.com has the right to suspend your profile without any prior notice. sms5050.com reserves the right to edit/delete your photo/horoscope if it's not a valid/clear/related one. if we find duplicate profiles then we have rights to suspend any of the profile or all the profiles. messages sent to members of the opposite gender should be only for the purpose of finding a life partner or friendship. sms5050.com reserves the right to modify your profile if any prohibitive or objectionable content is found, or in the case of your contact details being entered in irrelevant fields. sms5050.com may also modify the profile for other reasons not mentioned herewith. If any abusive content is found in your profile / photograph, sms5050.com has the right to suspend your profile. you will not post or transmit any content, information or trademarks without the prior consent of the person holding its proprietary or licensed rights. sms5050.com will not in any way be responsible or answerable to any action brought by any person arising out of your acts as described above. sms5050.com reserves the right but is not obligated, to edit, delete, eclipse or withhold display of such content or information as it deems fit in the light of the rules prescribed above. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY SMS5050.COM ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SMS5050.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, SMS5050.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SMS5050.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM SMS5050.COM ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. SMS5050.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. As to extraneous contents: sms5050.com hereby alerts and warns its members of the possibility of unauthorized posting of contents by any person including members and unauthorized users and advises discretion in access since such content, information or representation may not be suitable to you including being offensive. sms5050.com will not in any way be responsible for such content, information or representations. sms5050.com is also not responsible for alterations, modifications, deletion, reproduction, sale, transmission or any such misuse of data and content in the public domain by any user. refund of fees: if you choose to terminate your membership, the costs of downloads or any other charges that you may have incurred ARE NOT REFUNDABLE under any circumstances. your membership in the sms5050.com service is for your sole, personal use. you may not authorize others to use your membership and you may not assign or transfer your account to any other person or entity. role of sms5050.com provision of service: sms5050.com will provide the service[s] that are opted and paid for by the member. in addition, the member may also make use of the other free services that are applicable to them. a premium charge will allow you to contact members of the opposite gender. medium of interchange of information: besides the provision of services, sms5050.com acts as a platform for all its members to interchange information that would promote their common matrimonial / friendship objectives. It is to be distinctly understood that sms5050.com will only provide contact between and among members within its service framework and not the direct contact details of such members. sms5050.com is not the agent of any member and does not partake in the interchange or the results thereof. sms5050.com will be a disinterested person in the event of disputes between or among the members, though it may facilitate an amicable resolution of such disputes. right to form consortium/associates: while providing services, sms5050.com may outsource any part thereof to any competent person or organization, with or without disclosing it to you. however, your membership rights and responsibilities continue as against sms5050.com only and not against such persons or organizations. general provisions confidentiality: sms5050.com will maintain confidential, all personal information [other than that meant for posting or transmission] furnished by members. however, sms5050.com may divulge such information if required by law. by agreeing to register at sms5050.com and its consortium of portals, a user allows sms5050.com to get in touch with him/her from time to time on events or offers. this could include exciting offers, information, as well as promotions. sms5050.com can use your email address and/or telephone number for this purpose. termination of membership: the membership may be terminated by either party by serving a written notice on the other. sms5050.com reserves the right to terminate the membership, to suspend a profile or to disable access in respect of any member in breach of any of the terms. in no case will the membership fees be refundable. site policies, modification and severability: please review our other policies on this site. these policies also govern your visit to www.sms5050.com and consortium of portals. we reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these terms and conditions of use at any time. if any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition. suggestions, complaints, disputes: suggestions and complaints are to be first addressed to sms5050.com's customer support department at info@sms5050.com applicable law: the membership is deemed to have been entered into at chennai, India and the laws of India will govern the membership. disputes arising out of or in any way affecting the membership including interpretation of any of the terms are to be referred to arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act [Indian Act] at chennai before a sole arbitrator.

this is the serious stuff. these r the terms and conditions. read it carefully, so that there are no hard feeling later on...