Terms of Use
Crowd Favorite is committed to Open Source—a commitment that extends to the content on our site. Through a Creative Commons license, you can share and repurpose many of the materials we create and publish on crowdfavorite.com, but not everything. While we are firm believers in openness, we also strive to protect the rights of our clients, affiliates, contributors and their works.
Terms of Use
These terms of use apply to the Crowd Favorite website located at crowdfavorite.com and any other Websites under the control of Crowd Favorite (the “Website”), however the Website is accessed and/or used, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise, and other interactive features, applications (including mobile applications) or downloads operated by Crowd Favorite (“we” and “us”) that are offered or made available by us.
These Terms of Use are a legally binding between you and us. By using our Website and the Services, you are accepting these terms of use. We reserve the right to modify or amend these terms from time to time, without notice. If you continue to use our Website after being notified of changes to these Terms of Use, you confirm that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by them.
1. Legal Age
All of the content featured or displayed on the Website (“Content”) is owned by Crowd Favorite, its licensors and/or its Content providers. All elements of the Website, including without limitation the design and the Content, are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property. The Content owned by Crowd Favorite (i.e., all design elements, text, graphics and arrangements) is licensed to the public through the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. This license allows users to download Content owned by us (that is not specifically restricted) from the Website and to share it, adapt it, transform it and build upon it for any purpose, so long as any such use: (a) includes appropriate credit to Crowd Favorite; (b) contains a link back to crowdfavorite.com as the original source of the work and a link to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license; and (c) indicates if changes were made to the original Content. Except as authorized under copyright law, you are responsible for obtaining permission to use any Content owned by any party other than Crowd Favorite. This includes most photographs, illustrations and videos present on the Website, which are licensed by Crowd Favorite from third parties and come with limited rights that do not allow us to make them available via a Creative Commons license. If you want to know who the copyright holder is for a specific photo, illustration or video, please contact us at: notices@crowdfavorite.com and we will provide you with that information. You shall comply with all applicable law regarding your use of the Website and the Services. You will not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from material found on the Website.
2. Copyright, Ownership, and Creative Commons License
To the extent prohibited by applicable law, the Website should not be used by anyone under the age of sixteen and you represent that you are over the legal age. You may not access or use the Website for any purpose if either of the representations in the preceding sentence is not true.
3. Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Crowd Favorite or its partners, vendors or licensors used herein (including, but not limited to, the Crowd Favorite name and Crowd Favorite logo) (collectively “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Crowd Favorite or its partners, vendors or licensors. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute or modify the Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on this Website, without Crowd Favorite’s prior written consent. The use of the Marks on any other Website or network computer environment is not allowed.
4. Submission Policy
Comments to our blogs, reviews, etc. to Crowd Favorite created in connection with the Website, any related programs and podcasts (“User Submissions”) remain the intellectual property of the individual user. By posting User Submissions on our Website, you expressly grant Crowd Favorite a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up worldwide, fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, perform and display such User Submissions and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Submission, in whole or in part, and in any form throughout the world in any media or technology, whether now known or hereafter discovered, including all promotion, advertising, marketing, merchandising, publicity and any other ancillary uses thereof, and including the unfettered right to sublicense such rights, in perpetuity throughout the universe. Any such User Submissions are deemed non-confidential, and Crowd Favorite shall be under no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information, in whatever form, contained in any User Submission.
5. Inappropriate Materials and Submissions
You are prohibited from posting or submitting any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any other material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Such violations may subject the sender and the sender’s agents to civil and criminal penalties. Crowd Favorite may reject any submissions or postings in which Crowd Favorite believes, in its sole discretion, that any such activities have occurred. If notified by a user of a submission that allegedly violates any provision of these Terms of Use, Crowd Favorite reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, if such a violation has occurred and to remove any such submission or posting from the Website. You further understand and agree that sending unsolicited e-mail advertisements to the Website or any user of the Website or through voice computer systems is expressly prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. Any such unauthorized use of our computer systems is a violation of these Terms and Conditions and applicable “anti-spam” laws. In addition to any remedies that we may have at law or in equity, if we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have violated or are likely to violate the foregoing prohibitions, we may take any action we deem necessary to cure or prevent the violation, including, without limitation, the immediate removal of the related materials from this Website. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order or subpoena requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting such materials.
6. DMCA Notice
If you believe that material available on our Website, infringes one or more of your copyrights, please notify us by providing a written notice (“Infringement Notice”) containing the information described below to the designated agent listed below. Upon receipt of a valid and complete notice, we will remove the material and make a good faith attempt to contact the party that made such material available by means of the most recent email address, if any, provided by such party to Crowd Favorite.
Your Infringement Notice will be forwarded to the party that made the material available and also may be sent to third parties such as ChillingEffects.org.
Before submitting a DMCA notice, it’s important to consider if the manner in which the material is used falls under fair use. You are required to give consideration to whether a use of material is fair before submitting a takedown notification. If you are not sure whether material infringes your copyright, or if it is subject to fair use protections, you should first consider seeking legal advice.
Please be advised that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you materially misrepresent that material or activity is infringing your copyrights.
Angela Palmer
Crowd Favorite, Ltd.
Email: notices@crowdfavorite.com
8465 W. SAHARA AVE #111-164
LAS VEGAS, NV 89117-8960
Phone: (800) 610-8356
You must include the following:
- Identification of the copyright claimed to have been infringed;
- The location of the copyrighted work (i.e., where the original material is located on the Website, not the material about which you are submitting a complaint);
- A description of the nature and exact location of the material that you claim to infringe your copyright, in sufficient detail to permit Crowd Favorite to find and positively identify that material; for example, a link to the specific webpage or blog post that contains the material and a description of which specific portion of the blog post or webpage – an image, a link, the text, etc. – your complaint refers to;
- Your contact information so we can contact you (name, address, telephone number and email address;
- A statement by you: (a) that you believe in good faith that the use of the material that you claim to infringe your copyright is not authorized by the copyright owner its agent or the law; (b) that all of the information contained in your Infringement Notice is accurate, (c) under penalty of perjury, that you are either the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, and (d) you acknowledge that a copy of your infringement notice and any correspondence related to it, including any contact information that you provide (such as address, telephone number, and email address), will be forwarded to the party who made the material at issue available; and
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
7. Framing this Website
Running or displaying this Website or any information or material displayed on this Website in frames or through similar means on another Website without our prior written permission is prohibited. Any permitted links to this Website must comply with all applicable laws, rule and regulations.
8. Third-Party Links
From time to time, this Website may contain links to websites that are not owned, operated or controlled by Crowd Favorite. All such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Website. We are not responsible for any content, materials or other information located on or accessible from any other website, nor any products or services that you buy from any other websites or any donations made through any other websites. We do not endorse, guarantee or make any representations or warranties regarding any other websites, or any content, materials or other information located or accessible from any other websites, or the products or services that you may obtain from using any other websites or how any donations you make through such websites will be used. If you decide to access any other websites linked to or from this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk.
9. Account Registration and Security
You understand that you may need to create an account to have access to certain portions of the Website. In consideration of your use of such portions of the Website, you will: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself and your business as prompted by the Website’s registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”) and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if Crowd Favorite has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Crowd Favorite has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Website (or any portion thereof). You are entirely responsible for the security and confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security of which you become aware. You are responsible for taking precautions and providing security measures best suited for your situation and the intended use of the Services and Website. We have the right to provide user billing, account, Content or use records, and related information under certain circumstances (such as in response to legal responsibility, lawful process, orders, subpoenas or warrants, or to protect our rights, customers or business). Please note that anyone able to provide your personally identifiable information will be able to access your account, so you should take reasonable steps to protect this information.
10. Access and Interference
You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Website for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (a) take any action that, in our sole discretion, imposes, or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (b) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any activities conducted on the site; or (c) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Website.
11. Disclaimers
The website and Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. CROWD FAVORITE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Crowd Favorite does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, materials or services provided on or through this Website. The information, materials and services provided on or through this Website may be out of date, and Crowd Favorite does not make any commitment or assume any duty to update such information, materials or services. The foregoing exclusions of implied warranties do not apply to the extent prohibited by law. Please refer to your local laws for any such prohibitions.
12. Limitations of Liability
Crowd Favorite does not assume any responsibility for, and will not be liable for, any damages to, or any viruses that may infect your computer, telecommunication equipment or other property caused by or arising from your access to, use of, or browsing this Website, or your downloading of any information or materials from this Website. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our Website or Services, and operation of the Website may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control.
In no event will Crowd Favorite, or any of its officers, trustees, directors, employees, agents, successors or assigns, nor any party involved in the creation, production or transmission of this Website, be liable to you or anyone else for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (including, without limitation, those resulting from lost profits, lost data or business interruption) arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this Website, any Websites linked to this Website, or the materials, information or services contained on any or all such Websites, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. You specifically acknowledge that Crowd Favorite shall not be liable for user submissions or the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any third party and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you. The foregoing limitations of liability do not apply to the extent prohibited by law. Please refer to your local laws for any such prohibitions. In the event of any problem with this Website or any content, you agree that your sole remedy is to cease using this Website. In no event shall the Crowd Favorite’s total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action whether in contract, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence), or otherwise exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
13. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Crowd Favorite harmless from any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, related to or in connection with (a) the use of the Website or the Internet or your placement or transmission of any message or information on this Website by you or your authorized users; (b) your violation of any of these Terms and Conditions, including without limitation, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or intellectual property rights; (d) your violation of any law, rule or regulation of the United States or any other country; (e) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any User Submission that you provide to Crowd Favorite; or (f) any other party’s access to and use of the Website with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.
14. Release
In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users of the Website, you release Crowd Favorite (and our officers, trustees, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
15. Termination
You or we may suspend or terminate your account or your use of this Website at any time, for any reason or for no reason. You are personally liable for any orders placed or charges incurred through your account prior to termination. We may also block your access to our Website in the event that (a) you breach these Terms and Conditions; (b) we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us; or (c) we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us.
16. General
A. Governing Law; Venue, Fees
Any claim relating to, and the use of, this Website and the materials contained herein is governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of laws rules or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles, California. Such courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use, or its formation, interpretation or enforcement. A printed version of these Terms of Use will be admissible in judicial and administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the User Terms, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.
B. Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
C. Assignment
You may not assign any of your rights or delegate your obligations under these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of us (not to be unreasonably withheld). You agree that these Terms of Use and all incorporated agreements, in their entirety, may be automatically assigned by Crowd Favorite, in our sole discretion.
D. Headings
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
E. Waiver
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
F. Notice
Visiting the Valet website or sending emails constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that are provided to you electronically, via email and through the Valet site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
G. Survival
These Terms of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. Sections 10 (Access and Interference), 13 (Limitations of Liability), 14 (Indemnity), 15 (Release), and 17 (General) of these Terms of Use shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms Use.
H. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use are the entire agreement between the user and Crowd Favorite and supersede any prior understandings or agreements (written or oral).
I. Reservation of Rights
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
Additional Assistance
If you have any questions or comments about our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy or services, we invite you to contact us at: notices@crowdfavorite.com
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