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Last updated
March 27, 2024
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL TERMS
We are
GLHF LLC ( "Company," "we,"
"us," "our" ) , a company registered in
Texas ,
United States
at 2215 Post Rd #2076 , Austin ,
TX
78704 .
We operate the website
https://gumgum.gg
(the "Site" ) , 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 contact@gumgum.gg or by mail to
2215 Post Rd #2076 ,
Austin , TX 78704 , United States .
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between
you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ( "you" ),
and GLHF 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 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 .
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: contact@gumgum.gg .
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 and
contributions
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.
Contributions: The Services may invite you to chat,
contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums,
and other functionality during which you may create, submit, post,
display, transmit, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and
materials to us or through the Services, including but not limited to
text, writings, video, audio, photographs, music, graphics, comments,
reviews, rating suggestions, personal information, or other material
( "Contributions" ). Any Submission that is publicly posted shall also be treated as a
Contribution.
You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the
Services and possibly through
third-party websites .
When you post Contributions, you grant us a
license
(including use of your name, trademarks, and logos): By posting any Contributions, you grant us an unrestricted, unlimited,
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, worldwide right, and
license
to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish, broadcast,
retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate,
excerpt (in whole or in part), and exploit your Contributions
(including, without limitation, your image, name, and voice) for any
purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative
works of, or incorporate into other works, your Contributions, and to
sublicense the licenses
granted in this section. Our use and distribution may occur in any media
formats and through any media channels.
This license
includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as
applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names,
logos, and personal and commercial images you provide.
You are responsible for what you post or upload: By
sending us Submissions and/or posting
Contributions through any
part of the Services or making
Contributions accessible through the Services by linking your account
through the Services to any of your social networking accounts,
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 nor post any Contribution 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
and/or Contribution ; -
warrant that any such Submission
and/or Contributions are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licenses to submit such Submissions and/or Contributions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions and/or Contributions ; and -
warrant and represent that your Submissions
and/or Contributions do not constitute confidential information.
You are solely responsible for your Submissions
and/or Contributions 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.
We may remove or edit your Content: Although we have no
obligation to monitor any Contributions, we shall have the right to remove
or edit any Contributions at any time without notice if in our reasonable
opinion we consider such Contributions harmful or in breach of these Legal
Terms. If we remove or edit any such Contributions, we may also suspend or
disable your account and report you to the authorities.
Copyright infringement
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that
any material available on or through the Services infringes upon any
copyright you own or control, please immediately refer to the
" COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS "
section below.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that:
(1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate,
current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly
update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal
Terms; (4) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside ; ( 5) you will not access the Services through automated or non-human
means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise; (6) you will not use the Services for any illegal or
unauthorized
purpose; and (7) 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. USER REGISTRATION
You may be required to register to use the Services. You agree
to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for
all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to
remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we
determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is
inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
We accept the following forms of payment:
You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and
account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further
agree to promptly update account and payment information, including
email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so that
we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. Sales tax
will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may
change prices at any time. All payments shall be in US dollars .
You agree to pay all charges at the prices then in effect for your
purchases and any applicable shipping fees, and you
authorize
us to charge your chosen payment provider for any such amounts upon
placing your order. We reserve the right to correct any errors or
mistakes in pricing, even if we have already requested or received
payment.
We reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Services.
We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per
person, per household, or per order. These restrictions may include
orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same payment
method, and/or orders that use the same billing or shipping address. We
reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole
judgment , appear to be placed by dealers, resellers, or distributors.
6. SUBSCRIPTIONS
Billing and Renewal
Free Trial
We offer a 30 -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
7. 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 framing of or linking to the Services. - 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" ), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "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 script or other software. - Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
-
Make any
unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses . -
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 or commercial enterprise. -
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile. -
Use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
8. 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
unauthorized 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 , slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us). - 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.
9. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE
By posting your Contributions to any part of the Services or making Contributions accessible to the Services
by linking your account from the Services to any of your
social networking accounts , you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that
you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited,
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable,
royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and
license
to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish,
broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform,
publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in
whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including,
without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose,
commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative
works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions,
and grant and authorize
sublicenses of the
foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media
formats and through any media channels.
This license
will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or
hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company
name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the
trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and
commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in
your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not
otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.
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.
We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to
edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to
re-categorize
any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on
the Services; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions
at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no
obligation to monitor your Contributions.
10. GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS
We may provide you areas on the Services to leave reviews or ratings.
When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria: (1)
you should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being
reviewed; (2) your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or
abusive, racist, offensive, or hateful language; (3) your reviews should
not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender,
national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;
(4) your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity; (5)
you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative
reviews; (6) you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of
conduct; (7) you may not post any false or misleading statements; and
(8) you may not organize
a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or
negative.
We may accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We
have absolutely no obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews,
even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews
are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our opinions
or the views of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume
liability for any review or for any claims, liabilities, or losses
resulting from any review. By posting a review, you hereby grant to us
a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid,
assignable, and sublicensable right and
license
to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display,
perform, and/or distribute all content relating to review.
11. SOCIAL MEDIA
As part of the functionality of the Services, you may link your
account with online accounts you have with third-party service
providers (each such account, a
"Third-Party Account" ) by either: (1) providing your Third-Party Account login
information through the Services; or (2) allowing us to access
your
Third-Party Account,
as is permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that
govern your use of each
Third-Party Account.
You represent and warrant that you are entitled to disclose your
Third-Party Account
login information to us and/or grant us access to your
Third-Party Account,
without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that
govern your use of the applicable
Third-Party Account,
and without obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject
to any usage limitations imposed by the third-party service
provider of the
Third-Party Account.
By granting us access to any
Third-Party Accounts,
you understand that (1) we may access, make available, and store
(if applicable) any content that you have provided to and stored
in your
Third-Party Account
(the "Social Network
Content" ) so that
it is available on and through the Services via your account,
including without limitation any friend lists and (2) we may
submit to and receive from your
Third-Party Account
additional information to the extent you are notified when you
link your account with the
Third-Party Account.
Depending on the
Third-Party Accounts
you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set
in such
Third-Party Accounts,
personally identifiable information that you post to your
Third-Party Accounts
may be available on and through your account on the Services.
Please note that if a
Third-Party Account or
associated service becomes unavailable or our access to such
Third-Party Account is
terminated by the third-party service provider, then Social
Network Content may no longer be available on and through the
Services. You will have the ability to disable the connection
between your account on the Services and your
Third-Party Accounts
at any time. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY
ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH
THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. We make no effort to review any
Social Network Content for any purpose, including but not
limited to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we
are not responsible for any Social Network Content. You
acknowledge and agree that we may access your email address book
associated with a
Third-Party Account
and your contacts list stored on your mobile device or tablet
computer solely for purposes of identifying and informing you of
those contacts who have also registered to use the Services. You
can deactivate the connection between the Services and your
Third-Party Account by
contacting us using the contact information below or through
your account settings (if applicable). We will attempt to delete
any information stored on our servers that was obtained through
such
Third-Party Account,
except the username and profile picture that become associated
with your account.
12. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Services may contain (or you may be sent via the
Site ) links to other websites ( "Third-Party Websites" )
as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs,
music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other
content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ( "Third-Party Content" ).
Such Third-Party Websites and
Third-Party Content are not
investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or
completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party
Websites accessed through the Services or any
Third-Party Content posted on,
available through, or installed from the Services, including the
content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy
practices, or other policies of or contained in the
Third-Party Websites or the
Third-Party Content. Inclusion
of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any
Third-Party Websites or any
Third-Party Content does
not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave
the Services and access the
Third-Party Websites or to use
or install any
Third-Party Content, you do so
at your own risk, and you should be aware these Legal Terms no longer
govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including
privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you
navigate from the Services or relating to any applications you use or
install from the Services. Any purchases you make through
Third-Party Websites will be
through other websites and from other companies, and we take no
responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are
exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and
acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on
Third-Party Websites and you
shall hold us blameless from any harm caused by your purchase of such
products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us blameless from any
losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting
in any way from any
Third-Party Content or any
contact with
Third-Party Websites.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. PRIVACY POLICY
We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy
Policy: gumgum.gg/privacy . 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 .
16. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe
that any material available on or through the Services infringes upon
any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the
contact information provided below (a
"Notification" ). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or
stored the material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised
that pursuant to applicable law you may be held liable for damages if
you make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are
not sure that material located on or linked to by the Services infringes
your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.
17. 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
YOUR ACCOUNT AND 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.
18. 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.
19. 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
Texas
applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of
Texas , without regard
to its conflict of law principles.
20. 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
Travis ,
Texas , 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.
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.
21. 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.
22.
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.
23. 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.
24. 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) your Contributions; (2) use of the Services;
(3) breach of these Legal
Terms; (4) any breach of your
representations and warranties set forth in these Legal Terms; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not
limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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: