Acceptance of These Terms
By accessing or using FresnoOnline.com, creating an account, or using any Fresno Online service, you agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree with these Terms, you should not use FresnoOnline.com.
Age Requirement
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use Fresno Online. By using Fresno Online, you represent that you are legally able to enter into this agreement and that you are at least 18 years old.
Your Account
You are responsible for the information provided through your Fresno Online account and for activity that occurs through your account.
You should provide accurate information and must not impersonate another person, create misleading accounts, or use another person's account without permission.
You are responsible for keeping your account and login information secure.
Meeting and Communicating With Other Members
Fresno Online provides tools that allow adults to discover and communicate with other members. Fresno Online does not guarantee the identity, intentions, honesty, background, or conduct of any member.
Never send money or financial information to someone you meet online. When meeting someone for the first time, meet in a public place and tell a friend or family member where you will be.
You are responsible for exercising appropriate caution when communicating with or meeting another member.
Profile Verification
Fresno Online may provide optional verification features, including photo verification.
A verification badge means that a member completed the particular verification process offered by Fresno Online. It does not guarantee that everything a member says about themselves is accurate and should not replace normal safety precautions.
Member Content
Members may be able to upload or submit profile information, photographs, messages, videos, voice messages, comments, and other material.
You are responsible for content that you upload, publish, display, or send through Fresno Online.
You must have the legal right to post any content you submit.
By posting content to areas of Fresno Online intended to be visible to other people, you give Fresno Online permission to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute that content as reasonably necessary to operate and provide the service.
Prohibited Content and Conduct
You may not use Fresno Online to engage in illegal, abusive, deceptive, threatening, fraudulent, or harmful activity.
Examples of prohibited activity include:
- Harassing, threatening, stalking, or abusing another person.
- Promoting hatred or violence against another person or group.
- Posting illegal, obscene, or unlawfully threatening material.
- Creating fake or intentionally misleading profiles.
- Operating scams or attempting to obtain money through deception.
- Sending spam, junk messages, or unsolicited advertising.
- Soliciting passwords, banking information, or other sensitive information.
- Uploading content that violates another person's copyright or other rights.
- Attempting to interfere with, damage, overload, or gain unauthorized access to Fresno Online.
- Using automated software, scraping tools, bots, or similar systems to collect information from Fresno Online without permission.
- Using Fresno Online for unlawful commercial solicitation or advertising.
Personal Contact Information in Profiles
Fresno Online may restrict members from placing certain direct contact information in public profile descriptions, including email addresses, telephone numbers, external website addresses, and similar contact information.
Fresno Online may automatically remove or hide this information from profile descriptions.
Moderation, Blocking and Reporting
Fresno Online may review reports, profiles, messages, photographs, and other account activity when necessary to operate the service, investigate abuse, enforce these Terms, or protect members.
Members can use Fresno Online's available blocking and reporting tools when they do not want further communication from another member or believe an account violates these Terms.
Removal of Content
Fresno Online reserves the right to remove or restrict content that we reasonably believe violates these Terms, applicable law, the rights of another person, or the safety and integrity of the service.
Account Suspension or Termination
Fresno Online may suspend, restrict, or terminate an account when we reasonably believe the account violates these Terms, threatens another person, is being used fraudulently, interferes with the operation of the website, or otherwise creates a risk to Fresno Online or its members.
You may stop using Fresno Online and delete your account using the options provided by the website.
Communications From Fresno Online
By creating an account, you agree that Fresno Online may send communications necessary to operate your account, including account notifications, security notices, service announcements, and other messages related to your use of Fresno Online.
Promotional communications, when used, may include an unsubscribe option where required.
Intellectual Property
Except for content submitted by members or content belonging to third parties, the Fresno Online website, design, software, branding, graphics, and other materials are owned by or licensed to Fresno Online.
You may use Fresno Online only for normal personal use of the service. You may not copy, sell, distribute, reproduce, or commercially exploit Fresno Online's website or software without permission.
Availability of the Service
We work to keep Fresno Online available, but we cannot guarantee that the website will always operate without interruption, errors, data loss, security problems, or downtime.
Features may be changed, added, restricted, or discontinued at any time.
No Guarantee of Matches or Relationships
Fresno Online does not guarantee that you will meet another person, receive messages, find a match, form a relationship, or have any particular result from using the service.
Your interactions with other members are your responsibility.
No Warranties
Fresno Online is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Fresno Online makes no guarantee regarding the accuracy of member profiles, the conduct of members, or the availability or reliability of the website.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Fresno Online and its owners, officers, employees, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar damages resulting from your use of or inability to use Fresno Online.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded.
Member Disputes
You are responsible for your interactions with other Fresno Online members. Fresno Online may choose to investigate or assist with reports or disputes, but is not required to become involved in disputes between members.
Blocking Access
Fresno Online may block or restrict accounts, devices, networks, or IP addresses when reasonably necessary to protect the service, prevent abuse, enforce these Terms, or maintain website security.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms will be posted on this page along with a revised "Last updated" date.
Continued use of Fresno Online after updated Terms become effective means you agree to the revised Terms.
Severability
If any part of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
Entire Agreement
These Terms and the Fresno Online Privacy Policy constitute the agreement between you and Fresno Online concerning your use of the service and replace prior versions relating to the same subject matter.
Governing Law
These Terms will be governed by applicable laws of the United States, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms or need help with your account, please visit the Fresno Online Help page.