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:
contact@artesiaco.com. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. PRIVACY
POLICY
We care
about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy:
artesiaco.com/policies/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
.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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 Delaware
applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within
the State of
Delaware
, without
regard to its conflict of law principles.
18. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Any legal
action of whatever nature brought by either you or us (collectively, the "Parties" and individually, a "Party") shall be commenced or
prosecuted in the state and federal courts
located in
Delaware
, 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 claim,
action, or proceeding brought by either Party related in any way to the Services
be commenced more than one (1) years after the cause
of action arose.
19. 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.
20.
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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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:
Artesia
contact@artesiaco.com