Terms of Use
1.0 Acceptance of Terms
1.1
Diffen.com is a website that allows users to compare any two items to facilitate informed
decision making. Diffen.com also allows users to create new content, improve old content, andpost comments on comparison pages.
1.2
Diffen, a Washington State LLC, makes Diffen.com, including all information andservices on Diffen.com, available to you subject to the terms provided in this document (Termsof Use).
1.3
You accept these terms by accessing or otherwise using Diffen.com in any way. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS IN THIS DOCUMENT, DO NOT USE
DIFFEN.COM.
1.4
Diffen reserves the right to change these terms of use at any time at its sole discretion
without notice to you, by posting a new Terms of Use document on Diffen.com. You can find themost current Terms of Use by directing your browser tohttp://www.diffen.com/difference/Diffen:Terms_of_Use. Your continued use of Diffen.com after achange in the Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of use.

2.0 Description of Services
2.1
Diffen provides Diffen.com access for users to view, create, and modify content such astables, articles, video and photographs relevant to comparisons between various entities.
2.2

Diffen.com may also include advertisements from third-parties.

2.3
Diffen may send emails regarding Diffen.com content or features to users who provide
their email address. Users who no longer wish to receive such emails may unsubscribe at any
time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Diffen email.
2.4
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features added to Diffen.com will begoverned by this Terms of Use Agreement.
2.5
Certain features and access on Diffen.com may be limited to users who log in with a
Diffen.com account.

3.0 User Accounts

3.1
You agree to provide Diffen.com with accurate information if you choose to create a user
account.
3.2
Your user account will have a username and password associated with it. You areresponsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You are fully responsible for
all activities that occur under your username and password.
3.3
You agree that Diffen may access, preserve, and disclose your account information andany content you post through Diffen.com if required to do so by law, or, in good faith to: (a)comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms of Use Agreement; (c) respond to claims thatany content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service;or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Diffen, its users and the public.

4.0 User Conduct
4.1.

You agree not to use the content and services of Diffen.com to:a. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that you do nothave a right to make available under any law or contract
b. upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any content that infringes
any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, likeness, personality or other proprietary rights("Intellectual Property Rights") of any party;
c. upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful,harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous,
invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
d. use or copy Diffen.com content to create or otherwise contribute to a similar website or
publication.
e. vandalize Diffen.com by adding or modifying content so that it is intentionally untrue,
misleading, or offensive.
f. impersonate any individual or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent youraffiliation with any person or entity. This commitment includes misrepresentation as a Diffen
official.
g. forge headers, manipulate identifiers or otherwise disguise the origin of any
information transmitted through Diffen.com
h. upload, post email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "spam," "pyramid schemes," or any other formof solicitation.

i. upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains
software viruses or other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment
j. interfere with or disrupt Diffen.com or servers or networks connected to Diffen.com ordisobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the
Diffen.com website;
k. stalk or otherwise harass another user; orl. collect or store personal data about other users.
m. harm minors in any way;n. violate any applicable local, state, national or international law

4.2
Any content you submit that violates this Terms of Use Agreement is subject toimmediate removal, and your user account may be disabled or deleted.

5.0 No Resale of Service
You agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any
commercial purposes, any portion of Diffen.com, use of Diffen.com, or access to Diffen.com.

6.0 Privacy Policy
You agree to Diffen's use of your data in accordance with the Diffen.com privacy policy. Please
read the Diffen.com privacy policy located at
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Diffen:Privacy_Policy. The privacy policy is incorporated byreference into this Terms of Use Agreement.

7.0 Third party content
7.1Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of,advertisers found on or through Diffen.com, are solely between you and such advertiser. This
includes payment and delivery of related goods or services and any other terms, conditions,warranties or representations associated with such dealings.
7.2
You agree that Diffen shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sortincurred as the result of any such third party dealings or as a result of the presence of suchadvertisers on Diffen.com

7.2
Diffen.com may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other websites orresources. Because Diffen has no control over such sites and resources, you agree that Diffen is
not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, does not endorse and is not
responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available fromsuch sites or resources. You further agree that Diffen shall not be responsible or liable, directly
or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with useof or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site orresource.

8.0 Copyrights and Licensing
8.1

Content Provided by Diffen

Diffen.com provides content to users including text, graphics, photos, video and soundrecordings. Subject to your compliance with all terms of use in this document, Diffen grants youa non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal license to view the content of Diffen.com. Thislicense may be revoked by Diffen LLC at any time and for any reason. In addition, this license
is subject to the following restriction: you may not distribute the content for any commercial
purpose. Certain proprietary marks or designs such as trademarks of third parties may bementioned in Diffen articles. These marks or designs remain the property of their respective
owners and may be subject to additional restrictions on their use. Certain images and othermedia may be licensed under Creative Commons by their copyright owners and Diffen may use
them under such license.
8.2

Diffen CodeYou agree that any software or code used by Diffen to provide you with content or services on
Diffen.com constitutes proprietary confidential information protected by applicable intellectual
property laws governing the rights of Diffen. Diffen grants you a personal, non-transferable, andnon-exclusive license to use such software or code as necessary to access Diffen.com content
and services. You may not copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse
assemble, otherwise attempt to discover any source code, or, allow a third party to do so. You
agree not to modify the software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the
Software. You agree not to access the services or content of Diffen.com by any means other than
through the interface provided for that purpose through Diffen.com.
8.3

Diffen Trademarks

You agree not to display or use the Diffen logo or other Diffen trademarks or service marks
without prior permission from Diffen. Diffen is under no obligation to provide such permission if
asked.
8.4

User Content LicensingIf you submit content to Diffen.com, you grant to Diffen a non-exclusive, fully transferable,
perpetual license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, delete, adapt, publish, translate, publicly
perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of such content in any format or medium.
8.5

User Content Warranty

By submitting content to Diffen, you expressly warrant that such content is either owned orproperly licensed by you or is in the public domain and the use of this content by Diffen, its
representatives, distributors or end users does not and will not infringe any proprietary rights ofany third party.
You may not submit content if someone else holds the copyright to such content unless, you areauthorized to grant Diffen the license required in 8.4 and the content does not infringe on theintellectual property rights of others.

9.0 Reporting Copyright or other Proprietary
Infringement
9.1
Diffen respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do thesame. Diffen may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate theaccounts of users who appear to be infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a
way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have beenotherwise violated, please provide Diffen's Agent the following information pursuant to DMCA
17 U.S.C § 512:a. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of theowner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;b. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has
been infringed;c. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
d. your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;e. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
f. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your
Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized toact on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
9.2
Diffen's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property
infringement can be reached as follows:Nikhilesh Jasuja, Diffen LLC, 2620 Bellevue Way NE, Unit #234, Bellevue, WA 98004
By phone: 206-395-9346
By email: feedback@diffen.com

10.0 Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Diffen, and its affiliates officers agents or other partners andemployees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by
any third party due to or arising out of: content you submit, post, transmit or make available
through Diffen.com; your use of Diffen.com; your violation of the Terms of Use Agreement; oryour violation of any intellectual property rights of another.

11.0 Disclaimers
11.1

Disclaimer of Warranties

BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU AGREE THAT:
A. YOUR USE OF THE DIFFEN.COM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE
SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
DIFFEN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
B. DIFFEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEETYOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,(III) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM DIFFEN.COM
WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (IV) THAT ANY ERRORS IN
SOFTWARE OR CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED.
C. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINEDTHROUGH DIFFEN.COM IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK. DIFFEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT MATERIALDOWNLOADED IS FREE OF ANY VIRUS, WORM, SPYWARE OR OTHER
HARMFUL SOFTWARE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURCOMPUTER SECURITY AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATARESULTING FROM DOWNLOADING OR OBTAINING SUCH MATERIAL.
11.2

Validity of informationDiffen.com is an online collaborative resource, that is, a voluntary association of individuals andgroups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure ofDiffen.com allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content. Please be advised that
nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required toprovide you with complete, accurate or reliable information.
That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information on Diffen.com; muchof the time you will. However, Diffen cannot guarantee the validity of the information foundhere. The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered bysomeone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.
No formal peer review
Diffen.com is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or engage in casual
peer review, they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any
implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever. Even articles that have beenvetted by informal peer review may later have been edited inappropriately, just before you view
them.
None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, or anyone else connected with Diffen in
any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous
information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.
11.3

Trademarks

Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights orsimilar rights that are mentioned, used or cited in the articles of Diffen.com remains the propertyof the respective owners. The use here does not imply that you may use them. Unless otherwise
stated, Diffen is neither endorsed nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and assuch Diffen cannot grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials. Your use of any
such or similar incorporeal property is at your own risk.
11.4

Jurisdiction and legality of content

Publication of information found on Diffen.com may be in violation of the laws of the country or
jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. The Diffen database is stored on aserver in the United States of America, and is maintained in reference to the protections afforded
under local and federal law. Laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow thesame kinds of speech or distribution. Diffen does not encourage the violation of any laws; andcannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain or use,
reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.
11.5

Diffen does not provide professional advice

If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial, or risk management) pleaseseek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.

a.

Medical Disclaimer
DIFFEN DOES NOT GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE

Diffen.com contains articles on many medical topics. Diffen makes no warranty whatsoeverthat any of the articles on these topics are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any
statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or
up-to-date. The overwhelming majority of such articles are written, in part or in whole, by
nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you
or your symptoms.
The medical information provided on Diffen.com is, at best, general in nature and cannot serve
as a substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified
doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on). Diffen is not a medical provider.
None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, and sponsors of Diffen, or
anyone else connected to Diffen, takes or assumes any responsibility for the results orconsequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented on this web site.
Nothing on Diffen.com should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical
opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.
b.

Legal Disclaimer
DIFFEN DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL OPINIONS

Diffen.com also contains articles on several legal topics. Diffen makes no warranty
whatsoever concerning the accuracy of any of these articles . There is absolutely no assurance
that any statement contained in an article touching on legal matters is true, correct or precise.
Law varies from place to place and it evolves over time - sometimes quite quickly. Even if astatement made about the law is accurate, it may only be accurate in the jurisdiction of the person
posting the information; as well, the law may have changed, been modified or overturned bysubsequent development since the entry was made on Diffen.com.
The legal information provided on Diffen.com is, at best, of a general nature and cannot
substitute for the advice of a licensed professional (i.e. by a competent authority withspecialized knowledge who can apply it to the particular circumstances of your case). Pleasecontact a local bar association, law society or similar association of jurists in your legal
jurisdiction to obtain a referral to a competent legal professional if you do not have other meansof contacting an attorney-at-law, lawyer, civil law notary, barrister or solicitor.
No individual contributors, system operators, developers, or sponsors of Diffen, or anyone else
connected to Diffen takes or assumes any responsibility for the results or consequences of any
attempt to use or adopt any of the information or disinformation presented on this website.

Nothing on Diffen.com should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a legal opinion
or otherwise engage in the practice of law.
11.6 Content Disclaimer
DIFFEN CONTAINS SPOILERS AND CONTENT YOU MAY FIND OBJECTIONABLE
In its ambitious mission of documenting knowledge about differences between entities,
Diffen.com contains articles on a vast array of topics. A relatively small fraction of these topics
are frequently censored by educational, governmental, corporate, parental and other filtering
schemes.
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Some Diffen articles discuss words or language that may be considered profane, vulgar or
offensive by some readers.
Diffen.com contains many different images, some of which are considered objectionable
or offensive by some readers. For example, some articles contain graphical depictions ofviolence, or depictions of human anatomy.
Many articles contain frank discussion of controversial topics. Some subjects that are
discussed have criminal applications in some jurisdictions. Others contain information on
dangerous or otherwise risky activities (see the General disclaimer and Risk disclaimer ).
Diffen.com contains spoilers (information that spoils the end of a book, movie, or TV
series).
Diffen.com may contain triggers for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Diffen.com may contain images and videos which can trigger epileptic seizures and othermedical conditions.
Diffen’s open platform permits contributions from the public. It therefore should be notedthat at times, graffiti may be appear on Diffen.com.

Diffen's current policy is to include such content, provided the information does not breach anyof our existing policies (especially Neutral point of view),or any of the laws of the United Statesand its political subdivisions, where Diffen is hosted. Some of these articles contain warnings,
but many do not.
In all cases, Diffen.com is (and always will be) a work in progress. Many articles contain errors,bias, duplication, or simply need attention. We encourage readers to help us fix these problems.
The great majority of articles are written primarily or solely by individuals who are not subject
matter experts, and may lack academic or professional credentials in the area.
Diffen.com may also contain obscure information that would not be covered in a conventional
resource such as an encyclopedia. Diffen's coverage of subjects may be based on the whims of its
volunteer contributors (in particular, subjects of interest to young technical people are likely, but
not certain, to receive heavier coverage than other subjects). Readers should not judge theimportance of topics based on their coverage in Diffen.com, nor assume that a topic is important
merely because it is the subject of a Diffen article.

11.7

Risk Disclaimer
USE DIFFEN AT YOUR OWN RISKPLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND ON DIFFEN.COM
MAY BE INACCURATE, MISLEADING, DANGEROUS OR ILLEGAL.
None of the authors, contributors, sponsors, administrators, vandals, or anyone else
connected with Diffen, in any way whatsoever, can be responsible for your use of theinformation contained in or linked from these web pages.
Please take all steps necessary to ascertain that any information you receive from Diffen iscorrect and has been verified. Check the references at the end of the article. Read the article's talkpage and revision history to see if there are any outstanding disputes over the contents of thearticle. Double-check information with independent sources.
If an article contains suggestions regarding dangerous, illegal or unethical activities, rememberthat anyone can post information on Diffen.com. The authors may not be qualified to provide
you with complete information or to inform you about adequate safety precautions or steps you
can take to prevent injury, bodily damage, or other damages to your person, property or
reputation.
Diffen.com is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or remove
erroneous suggestions, they have no legal duty to do so, and thus all information read here
is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever.
DO NOT RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION FOUND ON DIFFEN.COM WITHOUTINDEPENDENT VERIFICATION.

12.0 Limitations on Damages
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT DIFFEN SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITEDTO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHERINTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF DIFFEN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE
INABILITY TO USE DIFFEN.COM; (ii) THE STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON DIFFEN.COM; OR (iii) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO
DIFFEN.COM.

13.0 Miscellaneous13.1 No third party beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Terms of
Use Agreement, this Terms of Use Agreement is intended solely for the benefit of you andDiffen, and no third party is intended to be able to enforce or otherwise be considered abeneficiary to this Terms of Use Agreement.
13.2 Entire Agreement. This Terms of Use Agreement and the documents incorporated byreference into this Terms of Use Agreement constitute the entire agreement between you andDiffen and governs your use of Diffen.com, superseding any prior agreements between you andDiffen. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use
or purchase certain other services such as third-party content or third-party software.
13.3 Choice of Law and Forum. The Terms of Use Agreement and the relationship between
you and Diffen shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington. You and Diffen agree
to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within King County,
Washington. This is true even if you live in a different state or country. DO NOT USE
DIFFEN.COM IF YOU CAN NOT AGREE TO THIS CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM.
13.4 Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of Diffen to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of the Terms of Use Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right orprovision. If any provision of the Terms of Use Agreement is found by a court of competentjurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to giveeffect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Termsof Use Agreement remain in full force and effect.
13.5 No right of survivorship and non-transferability. You agree that your Diffen accountis non-transferable and any rights to your Diffen I.D. or content within your account terminate
upon your death.
13.6 Statute of Limitations. Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use ofDiffen.com or the Terms of Use Agreement must be filed within one year after such claim orcause of action arose or be forever barred.
13.7 Assignments, You may not assign any of your rights, obligations, privileges or
performance hereunder without the prior written consent of Diffen, which Diffen may withholdor grant in its sole discretion.
13.8 Entire Agreement. This agreement is complete and effective at the time you agree to it
by accessing or using Diffen.com. This agreement, together with any documents specificallyincorporated by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between Diffen and you.

14.0 Prohibition of Scraping

14.1 Unauthorized Scraping: Users are prohibited from using any automated system, tool, bot,scraper, or crawler to access, acquire, copy or monitor any part of the website, or any content
therein, without the express written permission of Diffen. This includes the use of any such tool
to collect or harvest data about other users or the content on the website.
14.2 Anti-Circumvention Measures: Users must not bypass any measures we may use toprevent or restrict access to the website, including by removing, disabling, or circumventing any
security features or bypassing any content filtering techniques we employ.
14.3 Enforcement: Diffen reserves the right to take any action we deem appropriate against
users who violate this prohibition, including, but not limited to, blocking access to the website,seeking injunctive relief, or pursuing legal action.