Last updated
June 4, 2024
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL TERMS
We
are Sparktonic, LLC ("Company," "we," "us,""our"), a company registered in Florida, United States at 2977 Goodlette-Frank Road, Suite 8, Naples, FL 34103.
We operate mobile applications (the "Apps"), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (the "Legal Terms") (collectively, the "Services").
You
can contact us by email at support@sparktonic.co.
These
Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether
personally or on behalf of an entity (
"you"), and
Sparktonic, LLC , concerning your access to and
use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have
read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental
terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Services from
time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We
reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications
to these Legal Terms from time to time
. We will alert you about any changes by
updating the "Last updated" date of these Legal Terms, and
you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is
your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay
informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been
made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms
by your continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal
Terms are posted.
We
recommend that you print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OUR
SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services is
not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any
jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to
law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement
within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose
to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative
and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the
extent local laws are applicable.
The Services are not tailored to comply with
industry-specific regulations (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act
(FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you
may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would
violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual property
We
are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our
Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software,
website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the
Services (collectively, the "Content" ), as well as the trademarks,
service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks" ).
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and trademark laws
(and various
other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties
in the United
States and around the world.
The Content and Marks are provided in or through the Services "AS IS" for your personal, non-commercial use or internal
business purpose only.
Your use of our Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms,
including the " PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
"
section below, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable license to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access.
solely
for your personal, non-commercial use or
internal business purpose
.
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms,
no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Content, or Marks other
than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please
address your request to: support@sparktonic.co .
If we ever grant you the permission to post, reproduce, or publicly display
any part of our Services or Content, you must identify us as the owners or
licensors of the Services, Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright
or proprietary notice appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or
displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the
Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will constitute a
material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will
terminate immediately.
Your submissions
Please review this section and the "
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
"
section carefully prior to using our Services to understand the (a)
rights you give us and (b) obligations you have when you post or upload any
content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending
us any question, comment, suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information
about the Services ("Submissions" ), you agree to assign to us
all intellectual property rights in such Submission. You agree that we shall
own this Submission and be entitled to its unrestricted use and
dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without
acknowledgment or compensation to you.
You are responsible for what you post or
upload: By sending us Submissions
through any part of the Services
you:
-
confirm that you have read and agree with our
"
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES " and will not post, send, publish, upload, or transmit through the Services any Submission that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful, or misleading; -
to the extent permissible by applicable law,
waive any and all moral rights to any such Submission
; -
warrant that any such Submission
are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licenses to submit such Submissions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions ; and - warrant and represent that your Submissions do not constitute confidential information.
You
are solely responsible for your Submissions
and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any and all losses that we may
suffer because of your breach of (a) this section, (b) any third party’s
intellectual property rights, or (c) applicable law.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that:
(1) you have the legal
capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms;
(2) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside
; ( 3) you will not
access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether
through a bot, script or
otherwise; (4) you will not use
the Services for any illegal or
unauthorized purpose;
and (5) your use of the
Services will not violate any applicable law or
regulation.
If
you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current,
or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your
account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services
(or any portion thereof).
4.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Billing and Renewal
Your subscription will continue and
automatically renew unless canceled
. You consent to our
charging your payment method on a recurring basis without requiring your
prior approval for each recurring charge, until such time as you cancel
the applicable order. The length of
your billing cycle is
weekly
.
Free Trial
We offer a 3 -day
free trial to new users who register with the Services.
The account will be charged according to the
user's chosen subscription at the end of the free trial.
Cancellation
Fee Changes
5. PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
You
may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that
for which we make the Services available. The Services may not be
used in connection with any commercial
endeavors except
those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As
a user of the Services, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
- Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
- Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage
in
unauthorized
- Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to
transmit) any material that acts as a
passive or active information collection
or transmission mechanism, including
without limitation, clear graphics
interchange formats (
"gifs" "spyware" or "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms" - Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
- Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
- Copy or adapt the Services' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
- Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
- Except
as may be the result of standard search
engine or Internet browser usage, use,
launch, develop, or distribute any
automated system, including without
limitation, any spider, robot, cheat
utility, scraper, or offline reader that
accesses the Services, or use or launch
any
unauthorized
- Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
- Make
any
unauthorized
- Use
the Services as part of any effort to
compete with us or otherwise use the
Services and/or the Content for any
revenue-generating
endeavor
6. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
- The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.
- You are the creator
and owner of or have the necessary
licenses , rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms. - You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms.
- Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
- Your Contributions are
not unsolicited or
advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation. - Your Contributions are
not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent,
harassing,
libelous
- Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
- Your Contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other person and to promote violence against a specific person or class of people.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
- Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
- Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.
- Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Legal Terms, or any applicable law or regulation.
Any
use of the Services in violation of the foregoing
violates these Legal Terms and may result in, among
other things, termination or suspension of your rights
to use the Services.
7. CONTRIBUTION
LICENSE
You
and Services agree that we may access, store, process, and use any
information and personal data that you provide following the terms of the
Privacy Policy and
your choices (including settings).
By
submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services, you
agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without
compensation to you.
We
do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full
ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property
rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions.
We are not liable for any statements or representations in your
Contributions provided by you in any area on the Services. You are
solely responsible for your Contributions to the Services and you
expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to
refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.
8. MOBILE
APPLICATION LICENSE
Use License
If
you access the Services via the Apps, then we grant you a revocable,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the
App on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to
access and use the Apps on such devices strictly in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Legal
Terms. You shall not: (1) except as permitted by applicable law,
decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source
code of, or decrypt the Apps; (2) make any modification, adaptation,
improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the Apps;
(3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection
with your access or use of the Apps; (4) remove, alter, or obscure any
proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark)
posted by us or the licensors of the Apps; (5) use the Apps for any
revenue-generating endeavor , commercial enterprise, or
other purpose for which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the Apps
available over a network or other environment permitting access or use
by multiple devices or users at the same time; (7) use the Apps for
creating a product, service, or software that is, directly or
indirectly, competitive with or in any way a substitute for the Apps; (8)
use the Apps to send automated queries to any website or to send any
unsolicited commercial email; or (9) use any proprietary information or
any of our interfaces or our other intellectual property in the design,
development, manufacture, licensing, or distribution of any
applications, accessories, or devices for use with the Apps.
Apple
and Android Devices
The
following terms apply when you use the Apps obtained from either the
Apple Store or Google Play (each an
"App Distributor") to
access the Services: (1) the license
granted to you for our
App is limited to a non-transferable
license to use the
application on a device that utilizes
the Apple iOS or Android
operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules
set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service; (2) we
are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with
respect to the Apps as specified in the terms and conditions of this
mobile application license contained in these Legal
Terms or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you acknowledge
that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any
maintenance and support services with respect to the Apps; (3) in the
event of any failure of the Apps to conform to any applicable warranty,
you may notify the applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor,
in accordance with its terms and policies, may refund the purchase
price, if any, paid for the Apps, and to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, the App Distributor will have no other warranty
obligation whatsoever with respect to the Apps; (4) you represent and
warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a
US government embargo, or that has been designated by the US government
as a "terrorist supporting" country and (ii) you are
not listed on any US government list of prohibited or restricted
parties; (5) you must comply with applicable third-party terms of
agreement when using the Apps, e.g.,
if you have a VoIP
application, then you must not be in violation of their wireless data
service agreement when using the Apps; and (6) you acknowledge and agree
that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and
conditions in this mobile application
license contained in
these Legal Terms, and that each App Distributor will have the right
(and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and
conditions in this mobile application
license contained in
these Legal Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary
thereof.
9. ADVERTISERS
We
allow advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in
certain areas of the Services, such as sidebar advertisements or banner
advertisements. We simply provide the space to place such advertisements,
and we have no other relationship with advertisers.
10. SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
We
reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for
violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against
anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms,
including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement
authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict
access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically
feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole
discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the
Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size
or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the
Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to
facilitate the proper functioning of the Services.
11. PRIVACY
POLICY
We
care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy
Policy:
https://sparktonic.co/privacy-app.html
. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our
Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be
advised the Services are hosted in the
United States
. If you access the Services from any
other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal
data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in
the United
States
, then through your continued use of the
Services, you are transferring your data to
the United
States
, and you expressly consent to have your
data transferred to and processed in
the United
States
.
12. TERM
AND TERMINATION
These
Legal Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the
Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR
LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING
CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR
COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR
DELETE
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT
WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.
If
we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from
registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed
name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of
the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we
reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without
limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
13. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We
reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services
at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice.
However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Services.
We will not be liable to you or any
third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or
discontinuance of the Services.
We
cannot guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may
experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform
maintenance related to the Services, resulting in interruptions, delays, or
errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend,
discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any reason
without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for
any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use
the Services during any downtime or discontinuance of the Services. Nothing
in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate us to maintain and
support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in
connection therewith.
14. GOVERNING
LAW
These
Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of
the State of Florida
applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within
the State of Florida
, without
regard to its conflict of law principles.
15. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Informal
Negotiations
To
expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or
claim related to these Legal Terms (each a
"Dispute" and collectively, the "Disputes" ) brought by either you or us
(individually, a "Party" and
collectively, the "Parties"),
the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those
Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration.
Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to
the other Party.
Binding Arbitration
If
for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the
Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the
state and federal courts
located in
Collier ,
Florida
, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all
defenses of lack of personal
jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and
jurisdiction in such state and federal
courts. Application of the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are excluded
from these Legal Terms.
In no event shall any Dispute brought by
either Party related in any way to the Services be commenced more than one (1) years after the cause of action arose.
If this provision is found to
be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any
Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or
unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent
jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the
Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Restrictions
The Parties agree that any
arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To
the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any
other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be
arbitrated on a class-action basis or to
utilize class action procedures;
and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a
purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other
persons.
Exceptions to Informal Negotiations
and Arbitration
The Parties agree that the following Disputes
are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations binding
arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the
validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute
related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy,
or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for
injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable,
then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that
portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute
shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed
for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal
jurisdiction of that court.
16. CORRECTIONS
There may be information on the
Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions,
including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We
reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to
change or update the information on the Services at any time, without prior
notice.
17.
DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU
AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES' CONTENT
OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE SERVICES
AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS,
MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND
USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR
SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF
TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES,
OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY ANY THIRD
PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR
FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY
CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES.
WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE
SERVICES, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION
FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO
OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND
ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A
PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE
YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE
APPROPRIATE.
18. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR
OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY
CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE
WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT
ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO
THE
AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US
DURING
THE six (6)
mONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY
CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING
.
CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU
MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
19. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand,
including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of:
(1) use of the
Services; (2) breach of these
Legal Terms; (3) any breach
of your representations and warranties set forth in these Legal Terms;
(4) your violation of the
rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual
property rights; or (5) any
overt harmful act toward any other user of the Services with whom you
connected via the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve
the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter
for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate,
at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will
use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or
proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware
of it.
20. USER
DATA
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing
the
performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the
Services. Although we perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any
such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any
such
loss or corruption of such data.
21. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing online
forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive
electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices,
disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via
email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such
communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY
OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY
US OR VIA THE SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under
any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any
jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of
non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any
means other than electronic means.
22. CALIFORNIA
USERS AND RESIDENTS
If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite
N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254.
23. MISCELLANEOUS
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us
on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire
agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a
waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest
extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and
obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for
any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our
reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal
Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision
or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship
created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the
Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us
by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the
electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties
hereto to execute these Legal Terms.
24. CONTACT
US
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive
further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us
at: