9thPeriod Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Effective Date August 24, 2008

This TER MS OF USE AND PRIV ACY POLICY is betwe en you and Jone s Blue
Group LL C and Inno vativ e Method olog ies LL C, the owners of the website
ht tp ://www .9thP erio d.com and her eby known as “The Owners of
9thP er iod ”. The inf ormation her eof descr ibes the term of the Terms of
Use and Priv acy Pol icy . Ht tp ://www .9thpe rio d.com is her eby known as
“The Site ”.

About
This TER MS OF USE AND PRIV ACY POLICY is betwe en you and “The
Owners of 9thP er iod ”. This descri bes the usage and terms of pr oducts or
services of fered by “The Ow ners of 9thP erio d” via the website
9thper iod. com. If you do not ag ree to the usage pol ic ies as out line d in
this TER MS OF USE AND PRIV ACY POLICY then DO NO T use an y of the
produ cts or services of fered by “The Owners of 9thP erio d” via “The Sit e”.
By using an y of the pr oducts or servi ces of fer ed by “The Owners of
9thP er iod” via “The Site ”, you are AGREEING to not only to this TER M OF
USE AND PRI VACY POL ICY but also “The Owners of 9t hP erio d” interna l
business po li cies and how they ma y af fect the TER MS OF USE AND
PRIV ACY PO LICY .

Age Requirement and Age Verification

The produ cts or servic es of fered by “The Owners of 9t hP erio d” via the
webs ite 9thper iod .com are inten ded for use by those users who ar e
thi rteen (13) years or older . Reg isterin g to use the produ cts or services
of fered by “The Owners of 9thP eri od” or an y products or services of fered
on ht tp://www .9thP er iod. com is unauthori zed, unli censed and in vio lation
of these TER MS OF USE AND PRI VACY POLICY . By using “The Site” you
ag ree to abi de by al l the te rm s of these TE RMS OF USE AND PRIV ACY
POLICY .
User Information

You agree to pro vide accur ate inf ormation about yourself when y ou fi ll out
forms on “The Site” whi ch a sk for inf ormation. Y ou also ag ree to pr otect
your u sername and pas swo rd by not sharing that inf ormat ion with others.
You also agr ee to updat e y our inf ormation to en su re it is up to date and
accur at e. You also agr ee to be hel d r esponsib le f or y our account and the
usage of y our account .

Rules of Usage
The fol lowin g ar e examp les of the kind of conduct that is conside red
ill egal and prohib ite d on “The Sit e”. “The Owners of 9t hP erio d” reserv e
the ri ght to al ert the pr oper author ities inc ludin g the Unite d States
Feder al Bur eau of Investigat ion with your personal inf ormat ion as wel l as
enti re usage history on “The Si te” in clud ing IP Add ress history and an y
other inf ormation co lle cted dur ing your use on “The Si te” . The foll owing
are only exam ples and “The Owners of 9thP eri od” reserv e the right at al l
times to append to this list of ill egal and prohib ite d condu ct and you
ag ree that y ou wi ll not vio late an y of the f oll owing :

• Engaging in or using racist terms or language, bigotry, hatred, mental or physical

harm of any kind against any group or individuals.

• Harassment of any kind of another group or individual.

• Solicit personal information from anyone. This includes email addresses,

usernames, passwords, and any other information deemed personal by “The Owners
of 9thPeriod”.

• Post content or links to content that contain violent images or language or adult
images or language.
• Post content or links or discuss or message or engage in behavior towards other
users regarding any type of pornography, fraud, trafficking, unethical materials,
harassment, stalking, spamming, and sending viruses or harmful electronic material.

• Post information or content that misrepresents the truth.

• Post information or content that reveals personal information about group or

individual.

• Conduct “spamming” campaigns, transfer unsolicited mail, or message with the

intent of “spamming” groups or individuals.

• Promoted any type of illegal behavior or criminal or unethical activity.

• Violate patents, trademarks, publicity rights, copyrights or any other rights of any
group or individual.

• Generating automation scripts against the “The Site” for messaging purposes or to
extract information.

• Using “The Site” in any manner that could interrupt or disable usage “The Site” for
others.

• Using “The Site” in any manner that violates any applicable laws.
Intellectual Property and Trademarks
“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” reserv e the right to monitor , rem ove, mod if y,
and ed it an y content presented in an y produc ts or services of fered on
“The Site” . Products or services of fered “The Owners of 9thP eriod ” and
produ cts or services of fered by “The Owners of 9thP erio d” under the
tr ad emark of “The Site” or 9thP erio d conta in copyr ighte d materia l,
tr ad emark s, and other pr opri etary inf ormat ion, inclu ding but not limit ed
to , text , softw are, inf ormation, phot os, gr aphics, and the enti re contents
of the “The Site” data base are copyrigh ted under the United States
copyr ight laws. “The Owners of 9thP eriod ” own s the right to cont rol the
cont ent of produ cts or servic es of fered by “The Owners of 9t hP erio d” and
produ cts or services of fered by “The Owners of 9thP erio d” under the
tr ad emark of 9thP er iod.

The f ol lowin g tr ademarks are the prop ert y of “The Owners of 9 thP er iod ”:
9thPeriod™, 9thNation™, 9thDocs™, 9thArticles™, 9thVideo™, 9thBooks™,
9thNews™, 9thIt™, 9thLife™, 9thMobile™, 9thFlags™, 9thGames™, 9thMusic™,
9thStudyBreak™, 9thSports™, 9thClubs™, 9thClimb™, 9thTutors™,
9thProfessors™, 9thRatings™, and 9thAds™.
Posting Content
You ag ree that you wil l not post content or links to content or refer en ce
or copy content that viola tes an y copyr ight , patent , tr ad emark, tr ade
sec ret or other propr ietary righ ts of an y person or entit y.

You ag ree that an y content you post does not violat es an y copyr ight ,
paten t, tr ademark, tr ad e secret or other prop rieta ry rights of an y pe rson
or ent it y.

You ma y rem ove your User Conten t from the “The Site” at an y time. If
you choose to remo ve your User Content, the li cense gr ante d abo ve wi ll
automati cal ly expi re, howev er you acknowle dge that the Compan y ma y
store copies of y our U ser Content.

You ag ree that an y content or links to cont ent you post does not contain
an y cont ent that is racist, con tain racist terms or lan guage, bigotr y,
hat red, mental or ph ysical harm, unla wf ul, def amatory , abu siv e, vul gar ,
unethi cal, or inten t to ex pose or harm an y groups or indivi duals.

Modifications of these Terms of Use

“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” reserv e the r ight to ma ke mod ifi cati on of these
TE RMS OF USE AND PRIV ACY PO LICY withou t notice . All rules of usage
and term s be come ef fectiv e immediat ely as posted in these TER MS OF
USE AND PRI VACY POL ICY .

No Warranty or Guarantees
An ything posted on “The Site” is pro vide d by these TER MS OF USE AND
PRIV ACY PO LICY is provided as is with out any exp ress or imp lied
warr ant ies.

Limitation on Liability
“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” be lia ble to you or an y Third Part y Users for
lost pr of its, los s of data, or specia l, inci dental , or consequ ential damages
(ev en i f “The Owners of 9thP erio d” ha ve been advised of the possibi li ty of
such damages). Under no ci rcumstances wi ll “The Owners of 9thP er iod”
be lia ble in an y way for an y Conten t, in clud ing, but not limit ed to, an y
er rors or omis sions in an y cont ent or data, or an y loss or damage of an y
kind incur red as a result of the use of an y content or data stored via the
“The Site ”.

You or an y Thi rd Part y User s as we ll as shall indemnif y “The Owners of

9thP er iod” (inclu ding owners, empl oyees or contr acto rs) against al l
claims, liabi li ties, and costs, inc ludin g reasonab le at torney fees, of
def en ding an y thi rd- part y claim or sui t, other than for in fringement of
inte ll ectua l prope rt y rights, arising out of or in connec tion with “The
Owners of 9thP er iod ” perf ormance under these TER MS OF USE AND
PRIV ACY PO LICY .

Privacy Policy
This is a Pr iv acy Poli cy regardin g y our pr iv acy .

Gener al

“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” provide “The Site” as an edu cationa l socia l

too l our goal is to enhance user inte rnet ex per iences by of fer ing a wide
variet y of pr oducts and servic es, either dir ectly or via partnershi p with
other organi zati ons, to imp rove edu cation . By using our produc ts and
services or our par tner ’s products and servi ces you agree to the terms of
this Priv acy P ol icy Col lect ion of y our Inf ormat ion.

Your inf ormation consists of persona lly id enti fiab le inf ormation col lect ed
or rec eiv ed as a result of you using “The Sit e” or our partner ’s pr oducts
and services. Your inf ormat ion ma y inclu de:

• Information such as name, home and or work address, e-mail address, telephone
numbers, birth date, etc…

• Information about your visits and actions taken on the website

• Transaction related information such as credit card information or other means of
payment, billing, or shipping information.

• Your information may be supplemented with information collected from third parties.

• Your information may include information gathered from your browser or internet
service provider (ISP).

“The Owners of 9thP er iod” Usage of your Inf ormati on

Your inf ormat ion wil l be used to:

• Operate and improve products and services.

• Personalize content as well as advertisements presented to you in products and

services offered by “The Owners of 9thPeriod” or our partner’s products and
services.

• To conduct research on the usage of products and services on offered by “The

Owners of 9thPeriod” or our partners products and services.

• Your information will only be shared with third parties in order to fulfill transactions
you have requested unless otherwise agreed upon.

• Your information and information resulting from your usage of products and services
offered by “The Owners of 9thPeriod” or our partner’s products and services may
 disclose in response from a legal request via court order, search warrant, or
subpoena.

• Your information and information resulting from your usage of products and services
offered by “The Owners of 9thPeriod” or our partners products and services may
also be investigated if suspicion arises that you or a third party is unethically or
unlawfully using products and services offered by “The Owners of 9thPeriod” or our
partners products and services.

• In the event that ownership of the rights to products and services offered by “The
Owners of 9thPeriod” or our partner’s products and services are transferred from
Innovative Methodologies LLC, your information may also be transferred.
Questions or Disputes on how y our I nf ormation is be ing used

You ma y contac t “The Owners of 9thP erio d” at an ytime regarding an y

questi ons or disputes on how your inf ormati on is presented in products
and services of fered by “The Owners of 9thP er iod ” or our par tner ’s
produ cts and services.

Web Technol ogy U sage

“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” ma y at an ytime use an y web techno log ies,

inc lud ing but not lim ited to emai l and browser cookies to enha nce your
ex per ience with produ cts and services of fer ed by “The Owners of
9thP er iod” or our partner ’s produc ts and services.

Secu rit y

“The Owners of 9thP er iod” tak es your securi ty as we ll as our securi ty

seriously . “The Owners of 9t hP erio d” ha ve estab lished saf e gua rds to help
prev ent unauthori zed access to your inf ormat ion and inf ormation
presented in produc ts and services of fered by “The Owners of 9thP er iod”
or our partner ’s pr oducts and servic es. “The Owners of 9thP eriod ”
howev er cannot guar ant ee that your personal inf ormation wi ll nev er be
disclosed in a manner other than what is pr esente d in this Pr iv acy Polic y.

Mo di fica tions of this Priv acy P olicy

“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” reserv es the ri ght to mak e modi fica tion of this
Pr iv acy Pol icy without not ice. All rules of usage and terms become
ef fectiv e immed iately as poste d in this Priv acy P ol icy .

Indemnification

You wil l indemn if y and hold “The Owners of 9thP er iod” (inclu ding all
Mem bers, Manage rs, Agents, Subsid iari es, Partners, Empl oyees, and
Agents) harmles s f rom a ny claim or demand, finan cial or othe rwise,
inc lud ing at torney f ees or cour t f ees arising out of your br ea ch of this
USER AGRE EM ENT , or y our violati on of an y laws or the ri ghts of an y thi rd
par ties.

Rights of Usage
“The Owners of 9t hP erio d” reserv es the ri ght to te rminate or lim it the
access of an y user of produc ts or services of fered by “The Owners of
9thP er iod”o r the produ cts or servic es of fered by “The Owners of
9thP er iod ”.