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Terms of Use

Last Updated September 2021

Welcome and Introduction 

African Singles USA is owned and operated by African Singles USA LLC. (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “African Singles USA”), which includes without limitation our website located at www.africansinglesusa.com  (the “Website”). By using the Website, or our applications, tools, and any other related services offered by us (collectively with the Website, the “Service(s)”.

You acknowledge that you have read and understood all our Terms of Use; you also acknowledge that you accept and agree to be bound by 

  1. Terms of Use and all subsequent modifications thereof; 
  2. (ii) our privacy policy and refund policy each of which is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use,

 (iii) any additional terms disclosed to you if you purchase or have purchased additional features, products or services we offer on/with the Service(s).

Your privacy is important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures about how we collect and use your content. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy, carefully, and use it to help make informed decisions. We hold your privacy sacred. Pursuant to the Privacy Policy, we will Not disclose your photos or identifying information without your permission to prospective matches, nor theirs to you.

African Singles USA reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to change these Terms of Use at any time. Such changes will become effective upon notification, which we may affect by sending you notice by email and/or posting a revised Terms of Use on the Website, and your use of the Services after such notice constitutes acceptance by you of the changes. 

You agree to review the Terms of Use periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If you do not accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, please do not use the Website or any of the Services. 

By using the Website or any of the Services, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use and each of the other agreements specifically incorporated by reference.

Eligibility

You must be 20years of age or older to visit, register, or use our Services. By visiting or using the Website, or accepting the Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to African Singles USA that you are 20 years of age or older and that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use. 

By requesting to use, registering to use, and/or using the Website, you represent and warrant that you have never been convicted of or pleaded no contest to a felony, are not required to register as a sex offender with any government entity, and are not otherwise barred from using the Service under the laws of any state, the United States, or other applicable jurisdiction. 

African Singles USA LLC DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENINGS ON ITS USERS. 

However, African Singles USA reserves the right to conduct a criminal background check, at any time and using publicly available records, to confirm your compliance with this section. You also represent and warrant to African Singles USA that you will use the Services in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws, regulations and respectful manner.

Usage & Subscription Services

You may register as a user for free but not all services you will be able to enjoy. To access or use additional features and the full extent of the Services, you must be a subscriber and pay a certain amount of fee depending on the premium you wish to have. The subscription policies that are disclosed to you when you subscribe to the Services are a part of these Terms of Use. Absent special offers, you acknowledge and agree that if you are not a subscriber, you will not be able to use all the features and services available within the Services.

Illegal & Unauthorized Use

Once you’ve registered on the Website, the account you create is for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. Illegal and or unauthorized use of the Website, including but not limited to collecting personal information, usernames, or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, unauthorized embedding, unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website may be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive relief. 

African Singles USA has the right to investigate and refer you to applicable law enforcement authorities if you have misused the Services, taken any actions in defiance of these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, or if you have conducted actions that are fraudulent, abusive, harmful, unlawful or illegal.

Your Account Security

You are responsible for keeping your password for the Website confidential. You are fully responsible for all actions and activities that occur under your username and password. African Singles USA will not be held liable for any damage or loss arising from your inability to comply with this provision. To help keep your username and password secure and confidential, we recommend that you exit from your account at the end of each session, especially when on a public machine. If you feel that your username and password have been breached, or that your account has had unauthorized use, you agree to immediately notify African Singles USA management.

Communication & Privacy

As African Singles USA, we may use your email address, phone number, or African Singles USA account to contact you about important changes to the Services or special offers. By subscribing to our Services, you hereby consent to receive text messages and/or phone calls in connection with the provision of the Services. Standard messaging and data rates may apply. You must notify us in advance if you cancel or change your mobile phone number attached to your account. In case you change your contact information, kindly reach us on the below email admin@africansinglesusa.com.

Also, if you do not want to receive such messages and notifications, please contact on this same email admin@africansinglesusa.com.or refer to our Privacy Policy to review your options.

We reserve the right to publish non-identifying quotes and remarks from your date feedback or matchmaker reviews. Attribution is limited to first name, age, city and/or membership level unless permission for complete attribution has been provided in advance.

Knowing that this platform will help you connect, we love to celebrate our clients’ success stories. We may share quotes or feedback from your experience publicly, but we will not reveal or share any identifying information without your permission.

Interactions with Other Users

As we stated that our services is to connect you with your fellow Africans living in America, you are fully and solely responsible for your communications and interactions with other users.

You agree and understand that African Singles USA is not obligated to review the backgrounds of its users. Unless specifically offered with your package, African Singles USA makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations as to the actions or conduct of its users. Except as specifically offered with your package, African Singles USA matches made through your use of the Services. 

Also, we do not guarantee, warrant, endorse, or imply compatibility with any current or future users. In absolutely no event shall African Singles USA be liable for any damages resulting from messages, communications, meetings, or actions with other visitors and users of the Services. Our advice always date wisely! 

You agree that it is your responsibility to take reasonable precautions in all actions and interactions with other users of the Services; this is especially important if you decide to meet in person. In absolutely no event shall African Singles USA be held liable for any damages, in any form, arising out of or relating to your or anyone else’s conduct in connection with the use of the Services. This includes, without limitation, that we will not be held liable for any mental instability, emotional distress, or bodily injury whether indirect, direct, incidental, or accidental arising out of or relating to your or anyone else’s conduct in connection with the Services.

We reserve the right to, but have no obligation to, monitor arguments and disputes between you and other users of the Services.

Our Rules

The following is a list of rules that govern your conduct in connection with your use of the Services. You agree to abide by these rules, which include, but are not limited to:

  • Any content, words, photographs, messages, or other information (collectively, “Content”) provided to us through the Website shall remain your sole and exclusive property, and you shall be solely responsible for your Content and the consequences of providing it.
  • You agree that you will not pretend to be any person or entity other than yourself.
  • You agree to keep all personal login information, like passwords, private and confidential, and you agree not to give such information to anyone.
  • You agree that you will not imply or state that any statements you make are endorsed by African Singles USA without our prior written consent.
  • You agree that you will not use the Website to transmit, upload, or distribute any electronic/computer viruses, trojan horses, or anything else that might cause harm to other users of the Services, African Singles USA, the online community, or African Singles USA systems.
  • You agree that you will not use the Services to promote, condone, endorse, distribute, publish, or post any material that solicits money, funds, or people.
  • You agree that you will not use the Services to advertise or solicit for commercial goods or services.
  • You agree that you will not stalk or harass another user of the Services.
  • You agree that you will not use a robot, spider, manual/automatic processes or devices to data-mine, data-crawl, scrape, or index the Website in any manner.
  • You agree that you will not harass, annoy, intimidate or threaten any African Singles USA employees or agents engaged in providing the Services to you.
  • You agree that you will not hack or interfere with the Website, its servers, or any connected networks.
  • You agree that you will not modify the Website and/or the Services for your own personal or commercial purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, altering, adapting, licensing, sublicensing, or translating the Website and/or the Services. You also agree that you will not aid others in such activities.
  • You agree that you will not remove or alter, visually or not, any copyrights, trademarks, or proprietary marks and rights owned by us.
  • You agree that you will not forge, manipulate, or plagiarize messages, communications, headers, or identifiers to make it seem like such Content is from African Singles USA or its users when in fact it is not.
  • You agree that you will not post, publish, display, or transmit in any way proprietary information, copyrighted material, and trademarks that do not belong to you without first obtaining the prior consent of the owner of such rights.
  • If you must reschedule or cancel a date, we require 48-hour notice to prevent forfeiture of this match from your guaranteed total.
  • Repeated refusal of matches, problematic lack of availability, or poor behavior on a date could lead to immediate termination of your experience without refund.
  • You may cancel any package prior to completion of the total match cycles included. Payment is retained for any match cycles used subject to African Singles USA REFUND POLICY 
  • You may pause your account once for up to a total of three months in any three-month period during your use of the Services (“Pause Period”). Forfeiture of unused matches in a package may occur if you do not notify us in advance or before any matches enter planning.

Content Provided by You is Safe

You are fully and solely responsible for all of the Content that you provide, publish, display, or upload in connection with your use of the Services. You are also fully and solely responsible for any Content that you provide or transmit to other users. You agree that you will not provide any inaccurate, misleading or false information to African Singles USA or any other user. 

If information provided to African Singles USA or another user subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify African Singles USA of such change.

All information you provide to us must be accurate, current and complete. You absolutely will not use the Services to provide, display, or transmit any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material. Also, you absolutely will not provide, publish, display, or transmit any material that infringes or violates another party’s rights (not limited to, but including intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, and copyright rights).

African Singles USA may review and delete any offending content, messages, photographs or files that in the sole judgment of African Singles USA violate these Terms of Use or which might be offensive or illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of yourself or other users. We also reserve the right to terminate the accounts of violators. African Singles USA, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to look into, investigate, and take appropriate legal action against anyone who violates these Terms of Use. The following is a list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited in connection with your use of the Services.

This Content includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Content that advocates, endorses, condones, or promotes harassment of others, or Content that actively or indirectly harasses others.
  • Content that is offensive and harmful, including but not limited to, Content that advocates, endorses, condones, or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any individual or group of individuals.
  • Content that involves the creation of or transmission of spam, unsolicited mail, junk mail, or chain letters.
  • Content that asks for or solicits passwords or personal identification information for unlawful or commercial purposes from other users.
  • Content that engages other users in promotional, commercial activities, or sales without African Singles USA prior written consent, including, but not limited to, sweepstakes, contests, pyramid schemes, or advertising.
  • Content that provides materials or access to materials that exploits people in an abusive, violent, or sexual manner.
  • Content that solicits personal information or any information from anyone.
  • Content that you know is false, inaccurate, misleading, or promotes illegal activities.
  • Content that is abusive, threatening, obscene, libelous, or defamatory.
  • Content that is, uses, promotes, or links to an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work or intellectual property; for example, but not limited to, stolen images, photographs, video, or audio files.
  • Content that provides instructions on how to conduct illegal activities.
  • By providing Content to African Singles USA, you are granting, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant African Singles USA, an irrevocable, continuing, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, integrate in other works, copy, alter, display, reproduce and market such Content without violating our confidentiality policy. You agree that use of such Content by African Singles USA in public postings, marketing uses, and other areas will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

Copyright, Trademarks, and Other Proprietary Information

You agree not to post, publish, display, reproduce, or transmit in absolutely any manner any copyrighted Content, copyrighted material, trademarks, intellectual property, or other proprietary information without first having obtained prior consent of the owner of the rights to such proprietary information. 

If you believe that someone or some entity has copied or posted your work or proprietary information in association with African Singles USA and its Services, in an unauthorized manner that constitutes infringement of copyright, please give our Copyright Agent the following information:

  • A physical or electronic signature of the individual or entity who owns the copyright;
  • A description of and url link to the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed upon;
  • Your postal mailing address and zip code;
  • Your telephone number;
  • Your email address; and
  • A written statement by you that you believe, in good faith, that the usage of the work is not authorized or consented upon by the rightful copyright owner.A written statement made by you, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your copyright claim is completely accurate and that you are in fact the rightful copyright owner, or that you have authorized consent to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Send claims to our mail to:  

AFRICAN SINGLES USA

1600-B SW Dash Point Rd #2105 

Federal Way, Washington 98023 

(469) 650-8056 

‍Our Proprietary Rights

Our website contains trademarks, copyrighted material, intellectual property, and other proprietary information of African Singles USA. We own and retain absolutely all proprietary rights of the Website and its Services. You agree that you cannot copy, alter, duplicate, transmit, post, publish, display, sell, or publish any of our proprietary information, unless, of course, the information is in the public domain or we have given you explicit written permission.

No Guarantees

African Singles USA is not responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect Content that is provided or transmitted by our users, or associated with the Services in any way. We are not responsible for the actions, words, or conduct, whether online, offline or otherwise, by any user of the Services. We are not responsible for any errors or delays in communications between users. We are not responsible for the Content of messages, or in-person communications, between users. We are also not responsible for any unauthorized access to the accounts of our users. African Singles USA is not responsible for any damage to users, including but not limited to, loss, damage, personal injury, theft, or death resulting from anyone’s use of the Services. We are not responsible for any technical malfunction, failure, or damage to your computer as a result of using or visiting the Website or our Services.

As confident as we are in our matchmaking abilities, African Singles USA does not guarantee that using the Services will result in meeting someone offline or online, and we do not guarantee that using the Services will result in any type of relationship or relationship potential between you and another person or group of people. African Singles USA does not guarantee your compatibility, offline or online, with any other users of the Services, whether recommended, suggested, or not. Any advice that may be posted on the Website is for entertainment purposes only, and you agree that it is not to be used to substitute for any professional relationship, medical, financial, legal, or other advice.

Limitation of Liability

YOU UNDERSTAND and AGREE TO USE THE WEBSITE and ITS RELATED SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. African Singles USA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION UNDER LAW.

African Singles USA PROVIDES PERSONAL MATCHMAKING SERVICES AND TOOLS TO AFRICAN SINGLES AND OTHER SIMILARLY INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. 

WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR ENDORSE THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANY USER TO African Singles USA, OUR PARTNERS OR ANY USER OF THE SERVICE OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES NOW, OR FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES IN THESE TERMS OF USE, WILL CONSTITUTE A BINDING ACCEPTANCE BY YOU OF THESE TERMS OF USE, OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ASIA, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS WHATSOEVER CAUSED BY YOUR USE OR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE CONTENT DISTRIBUTED BY African Singles USA AS WELL AS ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR INJURY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE TAWKIFY SERVICES OR OUT OF THE BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY, OR CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AND/OR ALTERATION OF THE WEBSITE, NO MATTER WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS ARE BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER African Singles USA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, IN WHICH CASE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnity

You agree to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify African Singles USA, all officers, founders, executive management, subsidiaries, licensors, advertisers, merchants, licensees, directors, owners, partners, agents, affiliates, advisors and employees against and from all, including but limited to, loss, claim, demand, costs, liability, lawsuits, attorney’s fees, incurred by such persons or groups in conjunction with any dispute or claim arising out of your breach of these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. You agree to cooperate fully as would be required by such a claim. African Singles USA has the right, at its own costs, to fully and exclusively defend itself in relation to any claim of indemnification by you.

Interactions with Third Parties and External Sites

The Services may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by African Singles USA, or that may be accessible by logging in through a third-party website, as described more fully in our Privacy Policy. You hereby represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable policies of any third-party website relating to your use of the Services and that you will act in accordance with those policies, in addition to your obligations under this Agreement. African Singles USA has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, accuracy, privacy policies, or practices of, or opinions expressed in any third-party websites. In addition, African Singles USA will not and cannot monitor, verify, censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Services, you expressly relieve and hold harmless African Singles USA from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties. You agree that African Singles USA shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that African Singles USA is under no obligation to become involved.

Termination or Modifications

African Singles USA reserves the right, whenever, to end, discontinue, terminate, temporarily or permanently stop in part or in full the Website and Services, with or without notice. You are agreeing that African Singles USA shall not be liable to you or any other party for ending, discontinuing, suspending, terminating or permanently stopping the Website or Services. African Singles USA reserves the right to modify the Website whenever we choose, at our sole discretion.

Arbitration, Class-Action Waiver, Jury Waiver, and Governing Law

Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by arbitration in Seattle, Washington before one arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered pursuant to JAMS’s Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The one exception to the exclusivity of arbitration is that either party has the right to bring an individual claim against the other in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction, or, if filed in arbitration, the responding party may request that the dispute proceed in small claims court instead if the claim is within the jurisdiction of the small claims court. If the request to proceed in small claims court is made before an arbitrator has been appointed, any open arbitration between the parties shall be administratively closed. If an arbitrator has been appointed, the arbitrator shall determine whether the dispute should remain in arbitration or instead be decided in small claims court. Arbitration shall be conducted by written submissions only, unless either you or African Singles USA invoke the right to an oral hearing before the arbitrator.

Any dispute regarding these Terms of Use, your use of the Services, your relationship with African Singles USA, or any action contemplated by these Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Washington without regard to conflict of law or choice of law rules.You acknowledge that these Terms of Use evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce.Notwithstanding the governing law provision contained in this paragraph with respect to applicable substantive law, the arbitration provisions in these Terms of Use shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

Additionally, except where prohibited by law, as a condition of using the Services, you agree that any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected to the Services shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and that you shall not commence, maintain or participate in any class action, class arbitration or any other representative action or proceeding against African Singles USA.

You also agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising from or related to the use of the Services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.

Severability

These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between you and African Singles USA regarding the use of the Website and the Services. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable without the prior written consent of African Singles USA.

African Singles USA may assign these Terms of Use in whole or in part. No agency, partnership, joint venture or employment is created as a result of these Terms of Use.

Headings are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. All notices under these Terms of Use shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or email or upon receipt, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, except as otherwise provided by these Terms of Use.

Questions, Concerns, Comments?

If you have any questions, concerns or notices of violation of these terms, please email our Team at admin@africansingleinamerica.com or contact us by mail at:

AFRICAN SINGLES USA 

1600-B SW Dash Point Rd #2105 

Federal Way, Washington 98023