Terms of Use

USAGE OF CAREAUS.COM

Welcome to the Chinese American Real Estate Association web site. Chinese American Real Estate Association and its affiliated companies ("CAREA", "us", or "we") provide the WWW.CAREAUSA.COM web site (the "Web Site") and related services to you ("User"), subject to the following terms and conditions of use ("Terms and Conditions"). Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully before accessing or using the Web Site. By accessing or using the Web Site, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions, you may not access or otherwise use the web site.

Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy, which governs the protection and use of any personal information you may provide to us.

Copyright
All content on this Web Site, including sales and rental listings, text, graphics, photographs, logos, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, and data compilations (the "Content") is the property of CAREA or its third party content suppliers and licensors and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of CAREA or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

Trademarks
The name CAREA and its related logos, are registered trademarks of Chinese American Real Estate Association. They may not be used in conjunction with any product or service which is not offered by CAREA, is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits CAREA. Any other trademarks not owned by CAREA that appear on this Web Site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by CAREA.

Scope of Use
This Web Site and its Content, including the rental and sales listings on it (the "Listings"), is solely intended to assist individual customers and real estate brokers in contacting CAREA and its agents concerning Listings and other services of CAREA. CAREA will allow access to the website by REBNY, RLS Participants and others as required by any agreement or regulation governing VOW operations. You may not contact a Listings' owner directly. You may not sell, copy, distribute, license, transfer, publish, display, link to another website, transmit, download, store, post, enter into a database or in any way exploit the Content, including the Listings, in whole or in part. No person, including without limitation any real estate broker or real estate professional, may market or make commercial use of CAREA's Listings or Content in any way, including without limitation, advertising CAREA's Listings, copying CAREA's Listings for its own commercial use or use on other websites or in marketing materials, or contacting directly CAREA's customers or Listings' owners. Any real estate broker who uses an individual Listing for its customer must first enter into Co-Brokerage Agreement or Referral Agreement with CAREA. No one may use any Content or Listing in violation of the rules of Real Estate Board of the City of New York, the New York State Department of State, the New York State Department of Banking, or any other federal, state, or local law or regulation. Any such improper action is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

No Warranties
All information on the Web Site is provide to Users on an "as is", "as available", and "believed accurate" basis without warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or availability. All information is subject to errors, or change or withdrawal without notice.

CAREA does not warrant or make representations regarding the results that may be obtained by using the Web Site or as to the reliability, accuracy or currency of any information, content or service acquired by use of the Web Site. Listings may be withdrawn from the market at any time and are subject to errors, omissions, and prior sale or rental without notice. CAREA does not warrant that the Web Site, its servers, or e-mail transmitted by CAREA is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Content may be updated, changed, modified, or withdrawn at any time. Use of the Web Site and the Content is at your sole risk. Neither CAREA, the Content providers, or any person involved in the creation, production, distribution of this Web Site warrant that the functions contained in this Web Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the server that makes the Content available will be free of viruses or other harmful components.

Limitation of Liability
CAREA, its directors, officers, employees, agents, vendors, and suppliers shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of the Web Site or the Listings, even if CAREA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless CAREA, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, and agents, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

Third Party Rights
These Terms and Conditions are for the sole benefit of CAREA, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, and agents. No other person, including any user of the Web Site, shall have the right to assert a claim under these Terms and Conditions.

Modifications to Terms of Use and Content
CAREA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms and Conditions at any time. By using this Web Site after CAREA has posted notice of such modifications, alterations or updates, you agree to be bound by such revised Terms and Conditions. In addition, CAREA reserves the right to make improvements and/or changes in the Content of the Web Site at any time.

Violations of Terms and Conditions of Use
CAREA reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of the Terms and Conditions set forth in the Web Site, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Web Site. You agree that in the event the damages of a violation of these Terms and Conditions are difficult to determine, CAREA shall be entitled to $25,000 as liquidated damages for each violation of these Terms and Conditions, in addition to the right to block your access to the Web Site and to seek injunction relief.

Linked Internet Sites
As a customer service, CAREA may offers links to other sites. CAREA does not assume any responsibility for those sites or their privacy policies and provides those links solely for convenience of CAREA's visitors. If you link to any other sites, you must do so at your own risk and may rely only on their terms and conditions and privacy policies. The inclusion of any link does not imply a recommendation or endorsement by CAREA of the linked site.

Arbitration and General Provisions
Any claims relating to the Web Site must be brought in the state or federal courts of the State and County of New York and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York