Terms of Service

Additional rules of conduct can be found in Community Standards.

The Halsoft Virtual Places Member Agreement is a legal document that details your rights and obligations as a Halsoft member. You cannot become a Halsoft Member until you have accepted the terms of the Member Agreement. You should also take the time to review the Halsoft Privacy Policy and the Halsoft Community Guidelines which reflect Halsoft's current policies. These policies may be updated or revised as conditions warrant, so you should review them regularly.

By joining Halsoft and accepting the Member Agreement you agree that Halsoft may change the terms of this Member Agreement. If Halsoft makes material changes or revisions to the Member Agreement, we will provide notice to you thirty days in advance. If you don't agree to the changes proposed by Halsoft, or to any of the terms in this Member Agreement, your only remedy is to cancel your Halsoft membership.

1. The Basics of your Halsoft membership

This Agreement is your entire agreement with Halsoft and governs your use of the Halsoft Chat service. To access the Halsoft service you must accept the terms of this Agreement and comply with the Halsoft Community Guidelines. To be a Halsoft member, you must be at least 18 years old. If you are not yet eighteen years old, you may still use Halsoft, but only if the account was created and registered by your parent or guardian.

When you accept this Agreement and complete the Halsoft registration process, you become the primary account holder, and Halsoft provides you with a limited, non-exclusive license for no more than the term of your membership to use the screen name you select for your primary account. Halsoft also allows you to have a number additional sub-accounts or screen names of your choice, depending on the account type you chose. You may not use a screen name that is used by someone else, and your screen name should not be vulgar, or be used in any way that violates the other parts of the Member Agreement or the Community Guidelines.

All communication to the primary account holder will be sent to the email address provided at the time of registration.

As the primary account holder, you are responsible for all activity on your account and on any of the sub-accounts, and violations or warnings accrued by the sub-account can lead to termination of the primary account. If warnings or violations are received by sub-accounts, the primary account may receive notification. You may also receive important notices about your membership from time to time that may not be provided to the sub-accounts, so it is important for you to regularly check your primary account email. Because you are responsible for all use of your account, you should supervise the use of your account by others. It is important that you not reveal your password to other users and Halsoft will never ask you for your password. You agree not to reveal your password to other users and you agree to indemnify and hold Halsoft harmless for any improper or illegal use of your account. This includes illegal or improper use by someone to whom you have given permission to use your account. If your membership is terminated for violating this Agreement or the Community Guidelines, Halsoft's express permission will be necessary before you are allowed to use Halsoft Chat again.

2. Charges

Halsoft reserves the right to change our fees or billing methods at any time and Halsoft will provide notice of any such change at least thirty days in advance in the same manner described above for changes to the Member Agreement. Halsoft also has the right to collect applicable taxes and impose premium surcharges for some areas of the service should these areas become available. If you don't like the changes in fees or billing methods, you may cancel your membership at any time, but Halsoft will not refund any remaining portion of the monthly fee when you cancel your membership

As the primary account holder, you are responsible for all charges incurred, including applicable taxes and purchases made by you or anyone you allow to use your account or sub-accounts, including your children, other members of your family, or friends.

3. Online conduct and content

Halsoft is not responsible for content available on the Internet, although we reserve the right to block access to any Internet area containing illegal or other harmful content or otherwise being used for purposes that are unlawful or injurious to Halsoft or its members.

Some of the content available via the Halsoft service is created by Members. Halsoft encourages Members to participate and express their opinions. But it is important to remember that there are rules and standards that you must abide by as a Halsoft Member. These rules and standards are described in the Halsoft Community Guidelines. As a Halsoft Member, you agree to follow the Halsoft Community Guidelines and you acknowledge that Halsoft has the right to enforce them in its sole discretion. This means that if you, or anyone using your account, violate the Halsoft Community Guidelines, Halsoft may take action against your account. This can range from the issuance of a warning about a violation to the termination of your account. You understand Halsoft is not required to provide notice prior to terminating your account for violating these rules and standards, but it may choose to do so. The Community Guidelines may change at any time, so you should review them regularly.

Proprietary Rights

You can transfer files while using the Halsoft service. You must not copy, transmit, modify, distribute, show in public or in private or create any derivative works unless you have the legal right to.

Bear in mind that most areas of Halsoft are public, and other members will have access to your posted material and might copy, modify or distribute it. By submitting or posting content there, you are representing that you are the owner of such material or have authorization to distribute it. Once you post content on Halsoft, you expressly grant Halsoft the complete right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, etc. the content in any form, anywhere.

4. Chat Software

Halsoft will occasionally provide upgrades to improve your online experience, and we employ virus-screening technology to assist in the protection of our members. We reserve the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time and we prohibit the use of tools that defeat Halsoft's automatic log-off feature.

You may not translate, reverse-engineer or reverse-compile or decompile, disassemble or make derivative works from Halsoft software. You may not modify Halsoft software or use it in any way not expressly authorized by this Agreement. You understand that Halsoft's introduction of various technologies may not be consistent across all platforms and that the performance and some features offered by Halsoft may vary depending on your computer and other equipment.

5. Warranty

MEMBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT THE USE OF HALSOFT, HALSOFT SOFTWARE, AND THE INTERNET IS AT MEMBER'S SOLE RISK. HALSOFT, HALSOFT SOFTWARE, HALSOFT PRODUCTS, THIRD-PARTY VIRUS CHECKING TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNLESS SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION. HALSOFT PROVIDES THE HALSOFT SERVICE ON A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE BASIS AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING, OR THAT HALSOFT WILL HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE SERVICE AS A WHOLE OR IN ANY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. HALSOFT'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED OR USED BY HALSOFT SHALL BE THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY HALSOFT SOFTWARE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OTHER DISPUTE WITH HALSOFT IS THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT AS DETAILED BELOW IN SECTION 7. IN NO CASE SHALL HALSOFT BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF HALSOFT, THE INTERNET OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH HALSOFT. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, HALSOFT'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. HALSOFT DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH HALSOFT AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

6. Indemnification

Upon a request by Halsoft, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Halsoft and its affiliated subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunications providers and content providers from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorneys fees, that arise from a breach of this Member Agreement for which you are responsible or from the use of Halsoft or the Internet, or in connection with your transmission of any Content on Halsoft. Halsoft reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by a Member. In that event, the member shall have no further obligation to provide indemnification for Halsoft in that matter.

7. Termination and Cancellation

Either you or Halsoft may terminate or cancel your membership at any time. You understand and agree that the cancellation of your account is your sole right and remedy with respect to any dispute with Halsoft. This includes, but is not limited to, any dispute related to, or arising out of: (1) any term of this Agreement or Halsoft's enforcement or application of this Agreement; (2) any policy or practice of Halsoft, including Halsoft's Community Guidelines and the Halsoft Privacy Policy, or Halsoft's enforcement or application of these policies; (3) the content available through Halsoft or the Internet or any change in content provided through Halsoft; (4) your ability to access and/or use Halsoft; or (5) the amount or type of fees, surcharges, applicable taxes, billing methods, or any change to the fees, applicable taxes, surcharges or billing methods.

You can cancel your membership by delivering notice to Halsoft's Customer Service Department. Cancellation will take effect within 72 hours of receipt of your request, and Halsoft will send you confirmation. Halsoft reserves the right to collect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before you cancel your Halsoft membership.

In the event that your account is terminated or canceled, no refund, including any membership fees, will be granted.

8. Law and Legal Notices

The Member Agreement represents your entire agreement with Halsoft. You agree that this Member Agreement is not intended to confer and does not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties to this Agreement. You also understand and agree that the Halsoft Community Guidelines and the Halsoft Privacy Policy, including Halsoft's enforcement of those policies, are not intended to confer, and do not confer, any rights or remedies upon any person. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The laws of the State of Texas, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this Agreement and your membership. As noted above, member conduct may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with Halsoft or relating in any way to your membership or your use of Halsoft resides in the courts of Texas and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Texas in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving Halsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers.

You agree to abide by U.S. and other applicable export control laws and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any content or software subject to restrictions under such laws to a national destination prohibited under such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You further agree not to upload to Halsoft any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. This assurance and commitment shall survive termination of this agreement. Control laws currently prohibit the export of any browser with 128-bit encryption, including Internet Explorer. Control laws also prohibit nationals of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria from gaining access to certain content.