Petsmopolitan, LLC doing business as Petsmopolitan.com is a social networking service that allows Members to create unique personal profiles for themselves and their Pets online in order to find and communicate with persons who have similar interests. The services offered by Petsmopolitan.com ("Petsmopolitan.com" or "we") include the Petsmopolitan.com website, the Petsmopolitan.com blog and other messaging systems, and any other content or applications offered from time to time by Petsmopolitan.com in connection with the Website (collectively, the "Petsmopolitan Services"). The Petsmopolitan Services are hosted in the United States and is governed by the laws of the United States.
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") is a legally binding contract which governs your use of the Petsmopolitan Services. By using the Petsmopolitan Services you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" browsing Website or a "Member" who has registered with Petsmopolitan.com. The term "User" in this Agreement refers to either a Visitor or a Member. You are authorized to use the Petsmopolitan Services only if you agree to these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Acceptable Use Policy and abide by all applicable laws. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or the posted Policies, you are not authorized to use this site and should leave the Petsmopolitan Website and discontinue use of the Petsmopolitan Services immediately. If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of the Petsmopolitan Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance on the Registration page.
This Agreement incorporates as though fully set forth herein, Petsmopolitan.com's Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy. These policies govern Petsmopolitan Services and Content posted on the Petsmopolitan Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Petsmopolitan Services. In order to participate in certain Petsmopolitan Services, you may be notified that you are required to download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions. Unless otherwise provided by the additional terms and conditions applicable to the Petsmopolitan Services in which you choose to participate, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. You may receive a copy of this Agreement by emailing your request to us at: support@Petsmopolitan.com, with the subject line "Request for Terms of Use Agreement".
Petsmopolitan.com may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by Petsmopolitan.com on the Petsmopolitan Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Petsmopolitan Services after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
Please carefully choose the information you post on Petsmopolitan.com and that you provide to other Users. Your Petsmopolitan.com profile may not include the following items: any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other Petsmopolitan.com Members may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and Petsmopolitan.com assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Petsmopolitan Services by any person, please contact support@Petsmopolitan.com.
Petsmopolitan.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including private messages) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Petsmopolitan Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. Petsmopolitan expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of Petsmopolitan Services if Petsmopolitan determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to Petsmopolitan and/or its Users or if you have posted inappropriate material on the Website.
Specific Terms of Use
1. Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the Petsmopolitan Service is void where prohibited. By using the Petsmopolitan Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Petsmopolitan Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are less than 14 years of age.
2. Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Petsmopolitan Services or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the Member's Account Settings page. Petsmopolitan.com may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect, including sections 5-17.
3. Fees. You acknowledge that Petsmopolitan.com does not currently charge for its services. However, Petsmopolitan.com reserves the right to charge for the Petsmopolitan Services and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion in the future. If Petsmopolitan.com terminates your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of any subscription fees you were charged.
4. Password. When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify Petsmopolitan.com immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.
5. Non-commercial Use by Members. The Petsmopolitan Services are for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by Petsmopolitan.com. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Petsmopolitan Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the Petsmopolitan Website is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Petsmopolitan Services.
6. Proprietary Rights in Content on Petsmopolitan.com.
i. Petsmopolitan.com does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to the Petsmopolitan Services. After posting your Content to the Petsmopolitan Services, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the Petsmopolitan Services, you hereby grant to Petsmopolitan.com a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through the Petsmopolitan Services.
ii. The license you grant to Petsmopolitan.com is non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, sub licensable and worldwide. This license will terminate at the time you remove your Content from the Petsmopolitan Website. The license does not grant Petsmopolitan.com the right to sell your Content, nor does the license grant Petsmopolitan.com the right to distribute your Content outside of the Petsmopolitan Website except for Marketing purposes for the Petsmopolitan Website.
iii. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Petsmopolitan Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Petsmopolitan Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Petsmopolitan Services.
iv. The Petsmopolitan Services contain Content of Petsmopolitan.com ("Petsmopolitan.com Content"). Petsmopolitan.com Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Petsmopolitan.com owns and retains all rights in the Petsmopolitan.com Content and the Petsmopolitan Services. Petsmopolitan.com hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the Petsmopolitan.com Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Petsmopolitan Website and using the Petsmopolitan Services.
v. The Petsmopolitan Services contain Content of Users and other Petsmopolitan.com licensors. Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Petsmopolitan Services.
7. Posted Content.
i. Petsmopolitan.com may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of Petsmopolitan.com violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. Petsmopolitan.com assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Petsmopolitan Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time Petsmopolitan.com chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Petsmopolitan Services, Petsmopolitan.com assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content.
ii. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the Petsmopolitan Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users. Petsmopolitan.com does not endorse and has no control over the Content prior to its publication. Content is not necessarily reviewed by Petsmopolitan.com prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Petsmopolitan.com. Petsmopolitan.com makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or information that you transmit to other Members.
8. Prohibited Content and Actions. The following is a partial list of the Content that is illegal or prohibited from posting on or through the Petsmopolitan Services. Petsmopolitan.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Petsmopolitan.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Petsmopolitan Services and terminating the Membership of such violators.
Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of Petsmopolitan.com:
1. is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
3. exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
4. contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
5. solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
6. promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
7. promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work;
8. involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
9. contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images;
10. furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
11. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
12. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
13. includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent; or
14. uses sexually suggestive imagery or any other unfair, misleading or deceptive Content intended to draw traffic to the profile.
The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the Petsmopolitan Website and through your use of the Petsmopolitan Services. Petsmopolitan.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Petsmopolitan.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:
1. criminal or tortious activity, including child pornography, animal torture, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
2. advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the Petsmopolitan Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. It is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Petsmopolitan Services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent.
3. covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any Petsmopolitan.com page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
4. any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
5. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Petsmopolitan Services or the networks or services connected to the Petsmopolitan Services;
6. attempting to impersonate another Member or person;
7. using the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
8. selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
9. using any information obtained from the Petsmopolitan Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
10. displaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the Petsmopolitan Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, selecting a profile with a commercial purpose as one of your friends, or sending private messages with a commercial purpose; or
11. using the Petsmopolitan Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
9. Copyright Policy. You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of Petsmopolitan.com to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of proper notification to Petsmopolitan.com by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Petsmopolitan Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with Notice by using the DMCA Notification link on the Website.
10. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Petsmopolitan.com Members. Petsmopolitan.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
11. Privacy. Use of the Petsmopolitan Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
12. Disclaimers. Petsmopolitan.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Petsmopolitan Website or in connection with the Petsmopolitan Services, whether caused by Users of the Petsmopolitan Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Petsmopolitan Services. Profiles created and posted by Members on the Petsmopolitan Website may contain links to other websites. Petsmopolitan.com is not responsible for the Content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Petsmopolitan.com. Inclusion of any linked website on the Petsmopolitan Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Petsmopolitan.com. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. Petsmopolitan.com takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Petsmopolitan Website or through the Petsmopolitan Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. Petsmopolitan.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Petsmopolitan Services. Petsmopolitan.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any User or Member communication. Petsmopolitan.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, on any of the Petsmopolitan Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Petsmopolitan Services. Under no circumstances shall Petsmopolitan.com be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Petsmopolitan Services, or from any Content posted on or through the Petsmopolitan Services, o r from the conduct of any Users of the Petsmopolitan Services. The Petsmopolitan Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and Petsmopolitan.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
13. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL PETSMOPOLITAN.COM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF PETSMOPOLITAN.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, PETSMOPOLITAN.COM'S 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 PETSMOPOLITAN.COM FOR THE PETSMOPOLITAN SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
14. U.S. Export Controls. Software available in connection with the Petsmopolitan Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Petsmopolitan Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.
15. Disputes. If there is any dispute about or involving the Petsmopolitan Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, USA, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts of the United States located in the State of Minnesota, City of Minnetrista. Either Petsmopolitan.com or you may demand that any dispute between Petsmopolitan.com and you about or involving the Petsmopolitan Services must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Minnetrista Minnesota, USA, provided that the foregoing shall not prevent Petsmopolitan.com from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
16. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Petsmopolitan.com, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Petsmopolitan Services in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or if any Content that you post on the Petsmopolitan Website or through the Petsmopolitan Services causes Petsmopolitan.com to be liable to another.
17. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Petsmopolitan Website or any of the Petsmopolitan Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Petsmopolitan.com regarding the use of the Petsmopolitan Services. The failure of Petsmopolitan.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Petsmopolitan.com is a trademark of Petsmopolitan, LLC. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Please contact us at: support@Petsmopolitan.com with any questions regarding this Agreement.
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