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 submissions and contributions
Please review this section and the 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.
3. User Representations
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, or
if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the
Services; (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. Contribution License
By posting your Contributions to any part of the Services, 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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, restrictaccess 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 theServices in a manner designed to protect
our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of
the Services.
9. Term And Termination
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.
10. 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 Indiana
applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within
the State of Indiana, without regard to its conflict of law
principles.