1.
Relationship with MCW and Acceptance of these
Terms
1.1 Your
use of (including access to) MyColorWar products, software, services and web
sites (referred to as the “Services” in this document) is subject
to the terms of this legal agreement between you and MCW. “MCW”
means My Color War
LLC, a domestic limited liability corporation formed under the laws of the
state of New York, with primary offices as 35 West Street, Suite 202, Spring
Valley, New York, United States.
1.2 To
the extent that you are an agent or employee or otherwise acting under the
direction or auspices of any entity which has entered into any agreement with
MCW (a "Camp"), including without limitation a MyColorWar.com License
Agreement, your use of the Services is further subject to the terms of those
agreements and limited to use of the Services that will not cause a Camp to be
in violation of those agreements.
1.3 In
order to use the Services, you must first agree to these terms. You may not use the Services if you do
not agree to these terms.
1.4 You
can accept the Terms by:
1.4.1 clicking
to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by
MCW in the user interface for the Services; or
1.4.2 by
actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that MCW
will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point
onwards.
1.5 You
may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of
legal age to form a binding contract with MCW, or (b) you are a person barred
from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other
countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use
the Services.
1.5.1 If
you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with MCW, then any act by a
parent or guardian which ratifies your acceptance of these terms is required
before you may use the Services.
2.
Modification of these Terms and Termination of
this Agreement
2.1 MCW
reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify any or all of these Terms.
2.1.1 MCW
will provide you with notice of any such modification, (a) by an email sent to
the address you provide when signing up for your account or to the address as
modified by you if such modification is allowed by the Services, or (b) by a
notice made conspicuous and mandatory before use of the Services, or both.
2.1.2 In
the event of such modification, in order to continue using the Services, you
must accept the modifications. A
mechanism will be provided for you to do so or, in the alternative, for you to
reject such modifications and terminate your account.
2.1.3 MCW
shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification of these
Terms.
2.2 Termination
of your account includes the termination of your right to use the Services
2.2.1 Termination
of your account may include temporary termination (suspension).
2.2.2 MCW
shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your
account.
2.3 If
your account is terminated by any mechanism, this agreement is also
terminated. On termination of this
agreement certain of these Terms remain binding upon you.
2.3.1 The
Terms that remain binding on you even after termination of your account or this
agreement are those dealing with Use of the Service (including without
limitation ¶¶ 4.3, 4.4., 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7), User Content and IP
Rights (including without limitation ¶¶ 6.2.3, and 6.4), MCW
Proprietary Rights (all of ¶ 7), the Other Legal Provisions
(¶ 9), the Exclusion of Warranties (¶ 10) and the
Limitation of Liabilities (¶ 11).
2.4 If
you cease to use the Services and give clear indications of your intent not to
use the Services in the future, your account may be terminated at the
discretion of MCW.
2.4.1 The
failure by you to use the Services for a period of six (6) months may
constitute clear indication of the intent not to use the Services in the
future.
2.5 If
you violate the letter or spirit of these Terms, or otherwise create legal
exposure for MCW, MCW can stop providing all or part of the Services to
you. MCW may further, in its
discretion, terminate your account, or terminate this agreement.
2.6 MCW
can terminate your account or use of Services for any reasonable cause.
2.6.1 Such
reasonable cause includes, without limitation, the breach of any of these Terms
or an act by you that demonstrates that you are unwilling or unable to comply
with these Terms, or intend to breach these Terms.
2.6.2 Such
reasonable cause includes, without limitation, a requirement of MCW by law.
2.6.3 Such
reasonable cause includes, the decision by MCW to no longer provide the
Services, either in a geographically limited manner or entirely.
2.6.4 Such
reasonable cause includes, without limitation, the determination by MCW in its
sole discretion that your use of the Services is or has been unlawful, abusive,
harassing, stalking, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory,
pornographic, obscene, otherwise objectionable, or a violation of a third
party's intellectual property.
2.7 MCW
may provide other mechanisms for the termination of your account, through the
user interface of the Services.
2.7.1 Unless
otherwise stated by MCW, if a mechanism for terminating your account is
provided by MCW through the user interface of the Services, a phone call or
email to MCW requesting such termination is INSUFFICIENT to terminate your
account.
3.
Provision of the Service
3.1 You
understand that MCW may use third party vendors, service providers, and the
like, including without limitation hosting providers, to provide the necessary
hardware, software, networking, and related technology required to provide the
Services.
3.1.1 You
hereby waive any claims against MCW arising from or relating to the negligence,
recklessness, intentional wrongdoing, or impropriety of such third-party
vendors, service providers, and the like.
You further release MCW from any such claims and agree to indemnify MCW
as against any recovery for such a claim brought by you against MCW.
4.
Use of the Service
4.1 In
order to use the Services, you may be required to provide information about
yourself (such as identification or contact details). You agree that any such information will
be accurate and timely maintained.
4.2 You
agree to use the Services only for the purposes that are permitted by (a) these
Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation, or generally accepted practices
or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions, including without limitation any
laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States.
4.3 You
agree not to use or attempt to use the Services by any means other than those
intentionally provided by MCW. MCW
may, in its discretion, provide such means of use by a web interface, a
stand-alone software product, or an API.
4.3.1 Specifically
included is your agreement not to use or attempt to use the Services by any automated means,
including without limitation scripts, web crawlers, and bots.
4.4 You
agree that you shall not improperly use the Services. Such improper use includes, without
limitation, the disassembly, decompilation, decryption, or reverse engineering
of the Services. Such improper use
includes, without limitation, "scraping" and "framing" the
Services, as well as obscuring copyright or other proprietary notices, as well
as altering, modifying, or preparing derivative works based on the Services.
4.5 You
agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts
the Services, or the operations of MCW related to the Services, or the servers
and networks which are connected to the Services.
4.6 You
agree that you will not engage in any activity that is abusive, harassing,
stalking, threatening, unlawful, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene,
otherwise objectionable, or a violation of a third party's intellectual
property rights.
5.
Privacy and Personal Information
5.1 MCW
adheres to the US Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of Notice, Choice, Onward
Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered
with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor Program.
5.2 MCW
may collect the following information:
5.2.1 Information
you provide: In the course of using the Services, you may provide MCW with
personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). Further, you may provide MCW information
in connection with User Content (defined below).
5.2.2 Cookies:
MCW may cookies (a cookie is a small file containing a string of characters) to
your computer or other device that uniquely identifies your browser.
5.2.3 Log
information: When you use the Services, our servers may automatically record
information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server
logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol
address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and
one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
5.2.4 User
communications: When you send email or other communications to MCW, we may
retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your
requests and improve our services.
5.3 MCW
may make use of the information collected for the purposes of providing the
Services, maintaining or upgrading the Services (including without limitation
auditing the Services), ensuring the technical functioning of the network,
protecting the rights or property of MCW or our users, or as otherwise required
by law.
5.4 MCW
only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of
MCW where:
5.4.1 We
have your consent, or
5.4.2 We
provide such information to third parties for the purpose of processing
personal information on our behalf.
We vet these third parties for policies protecting your information in
accord with our policies here, or
5.4.3 We
have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such
information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law,
regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce this
agreement, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect,
prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d)
protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of MCW, its users or the
public as required or permitted by law.
5.5 The
identification of yourself as associated with another user of the Services
(including a Camp) may constitute your consent to share some or all personal
information with that entity.
5.6 If
MCW becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all
of its assets, we will ensure the confidentiality of any personal information
involved in such transactions and provide notice before personal information is
transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
5.7 MCW
may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal
information which does not identify you individually.
5.8 We
takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to
or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include
physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems
where we store personal data.
5.8.1 MCW
restricts access to personal information to MCW employees, contractors and
agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or
improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality
obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and
criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
5.9 MCW
processes personal information primarily on servers located in the United
States of America.
6.
User Content and IP rights
6.1 In
using the Services, you may upload or post certain documents, images, files, or
the like ("User Content");
some User Content may be covered by intellectual property rights, including
copyright.
6.2 MCW
makes no claim of copyright or other intellectual property rights in any User
Content. All such IP rights and
ownership remain with you to the extent that you possessed those rights at the
time of uploading or posting.
6.2.1 You
grant MCW a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free,
worldwide license to use any User Content as necessary or convenient for the
provision or maintenance of the Services. This license ends when your User
Content is deleted except in so far as any such User Content has already been
incorporated into another work or product and can not be reasonably extracted
therefrom.
6.2.2 Termination
of your account includes the deletion of any User Content.
6.2.3 Deletion
of any User Content will be reflected in a reasonably timely manner on MCW
servers, but you are aware that such User Content may persist in the form of
backup copies.
6.3 MCW
retains the right to delete or otherwise make unavailable any User Content in
conformity with any applicable law, regulation, or generally accepted business
practice, including without limitation the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
6.3.1 MCW
retains the right to delete or otherwise make unavailable an User Content that
MCW determines in its sole discretion is unlawful, abusive, harassing, stalking,
offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, otherwise
objectionable, a violation of a third party's intellectual property.
6.4 You
agree that you are solely responsible for the User Content, including any such
User Content which may infringe the intellectual property rights of any third
party. Further you waive any claims
against MCW and agree to INDEMNIFY MCW as against any claims made against MCW
by a third party for the infringement of intellectual property by any User
Content.
7.
MCW Proprietary Rights
7.1 You
acknowledge and agree that MCW owns all legal right, title, and interest in and
to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in
the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever
in the world those rights may exist).
You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which
is designated confidential by MCW and that you shall not disclose such
information without MCW’s prior written consent.
7.2 Nothing
in these Terms gives you a right to use any of MCW’s trade names, trade
marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand feature.
7.3 The
look and feel of the Services is subject to copyright protection. You may not copy or reuse any portion of
the HTML or CSS or visual design elements without express written permission
from MCW.
8.
Passwords and Account Security
8.1 You
agree and understand that you are solely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of passwords associated with your use of the Services.
8.2 You
further agree and understand that you are solely responsible for any use of the
Services or any other activity conducted through your account (protected by
your password).
9.
OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS
9.1 This
Agreement and any dispute,
controversy, action, or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement
shall be governed by New York law, excluding any laws that direct the
application of another jurisdiction's laws.
9.2 Any
dispute, controversy,
action, or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement shall
be heard, tried and litigated exclusively in the State and Federal courts
located in Westchester County, New York; such choice of forum is intended as
mandatory and not permissive.
9.3 You
hereby agree, stipulate, and acknowledge that the State and Federal Courts
located in Westchester County, New York shall have in personam jurisdiction and
venue over you for the purpose of litigating any dispute, controversy, action, or proceeding arising
out of or related to this Agreement.
9.4 You acknowledge, understand,
and agree that in using Services, you will be causing communications to be sent
through various computer networks, portions of which are located in many
disparate states within the United States and portions of which are located
abroad. As a result, and also as a result of MCW's business practices and the
nature of electronic communications, even communications that seem to be
intrastate in nature can result in the transmission of interstate
communications regardless of where you are physically located at the time of
transmission. Accordingly, by agreeing to these Terms, you acknowledge that use
of the Service results in interstate data transmissions.
9.5 Except
as explicitly noted within these Terms, this agreement constitutes the whole of
the agreement between you and MCW relating to the Services. Any other agreement between you and MCW
relating to the Services which is intended to supplement or modify this
agreement must explicitly reference and override this clause in this agreement.
9.6 This
agreement supersedes any previous agreement between you and MCW.
9.7 Do
you want an arbitration clause?
9.8 If
any portion of this agreement is found unenforceable, the remaining portion
will remain in full force and effect.
9.9 Failure
by MCW to enforce any of these Terms does NOT constitute a waiver of such Term;
any such waiver is limited to a signed writing from MCW.
10. EXCLUSION
OF WARRANTIES
10.1 NOTHING
IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT GOOGLE’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR
LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH
OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE
LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR
LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10.2 YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS
AVAILABLE.”
10.3 IN
PARTICULAR, MCW, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT
REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS, (B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, AND (C) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR
FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED.
10.4 ANY
MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS
DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT
RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
10.5 NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MCW OR
THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN
THE TERMS.
10.6 MCW
FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
11. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
11.1 SUBJECT
TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 10.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT MCW, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
11.1.1 ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH
MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, SUCH
DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS
OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER
INTANGIBLE LOSS; OR
11.1.2 ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
11.1.2.1 ANY
RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY
ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND
ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
11.1.2.2 ANY
CHANGES WHICH MCW MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY
CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE
SERVICES);
11.1.2.3 THE
DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES;
11.1.2.4 YOUR
FAILURE TO PROVIDE MCW WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION; OR
11.1.2.5 YOUR
FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
11.2 THE
LIMITATIONS ON MCW'S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 11.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY
WHETHER OR NOT MCW HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
11.3 FURTHER,
CERTAIN WAIVERS AND INDEMNIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS
AGREEMENT. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY
CLAIM AGAINST MCW AND YOU RELEASE MCW FROM ANY SUCH CLAIM, AND YOU INDEMNIFY
MCW AS AGAINST ANY RECOVERY FOR SUCH CLAIM BROUGHT BY YOU, IN SO FAR AS THE
CLAIM ARISES FROM OR RELATES TO (A) THE MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS, (B) THE
TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT, (C) THE NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, INTENTIONAL
WRONGDOING, OR IMPROPRIETY OF ANY
THIRD PARTY VENDORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THE LIKE, (D) THE INFRINGEMENT OF A
THIRD PARTY'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BY ANY USER CONTENT.