(Last Updated: June 30, 2008)
The following terms and conditions ("User
Agreement") govern your access to, and use of, this Web site
located at www.recallvine.com
(the "Site") operated by Recallvine, Inc. ("Recallvine")
and any of Recallvine's services accessible through the Site. This User
Agreement do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other
agreement you may have with Recallvine for products or services.
BY CLICKING ON THE "REGISTER"
BUTTON OR BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO
BE BOUND BY THIS USER AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE RELATED POLICIES OR
GUIDELINES, INCLUDING ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THEM. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS USER AGREEMENT OR ANY CHANGES, DO NOT ACCESS OR
OTHERWISE CONTINUE TO USE THIS SITE.
Other Applicable Terms
Privacy. You should refer to Recallvine's
Privacy Policy to understand how
Recallvine collects, uses and discloses your personal information. The Site
is not directed to, and not intended for the use of, children under the age
of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not register or submit any
personal information to the Site.
User Conduct Policy. You agree to the
terms Recallvine's User Conduct Policy related to your use of the
Site, including your submission of any articles, commentary, links, and any
other data, documents, text, code, applications, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, messages, ratings, forum postings, comments or other
materials (collectively, "User Content"). The Conduct
Policy is located at the end of, and is a part of, this User Agreement.
User Code of Honor. You agree to abide
by Recallvine's User Code of Honor which is a set of guidelines
regarding your behavior on the Site. The User Code of Honor is intended as a
complement to the User Conduct Policy, but if for any reason there is a
conflict between the terms of the User Conduct Policy and the User Code of
Honor, the User Conduct Policy shall prevail. The User Code of Honor is
incorporated by reference into this User Agreement.
Copyright Policy. If you believe your
work has been copied and posted to the Site in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, please review our Copyright
Policy and send the notice
described in the policy to Recallvine's designated agent.
Copyright and License
All copyrighted and copyrightable materials
on the Site, including but not limited to the text, design, manuals, product
information, graphics, images, pictures, sound and other files, and the
selection, compilation and arrangement thereof (collectively, "Materials")
are ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright � 2008 Recallvine, Inc. and/or its
licensors.
Recallvine grants you a limited license to
make personal use of the Site to access and review the Materials for your
information purposes only. This license does not include the right to: (a)use
the Site or Materials for other than for its intended purpose, including but
not limited to any marketing, selling, or other commercial uses; (b) use
framing techniques to enclose any portion of the Site, including any images
found on the Site or any text or the layout or design of any page or form
contained on a page; (c)publish, publicly perform or display, or distribute
to any third party any Materials, including reproduction or hosting the
Materials on any computer network or broadcast or publications media; (d)make
derivative uses of the Site or the Materials; or (e) any systematic
collection or extraction of data through the use of any data mining, robots
or similar data gathering or extraction methods.
You are not conveyed any other right or
license, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, in or under any patent,
trademark, or proprietary right of Recallvine or any third party. Any
unauthorized use of the Site will terminate the permission or license
granted by Recallvine to you under this User Agreement and may violate
applicable law, including but not limited to copyright laws, trademark laws
(including trade dress), and communications regulations and statutes.
User Content
You retain all copyright to all original
User Content you submit to the Site. By transmitting or submitting User
Content to the Site, you hereby grant Recallvine, its Affiliates and
sublicensees: (a) a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual and
fully sublicensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly
display and perform such User Content in any media, now known or hereafter
devised; and (b) the right to use the name, identifier, or any portion
thereof, submitted in connection with such User Content, if they so choose.
Please note that Recallvine and its Affiliates, as a policy, do not actively
edit User Content. We either leave the User Content posted as is or take it
down entirely. However, in some situations, certain modifications may occur
without our active participation, such as due to our obscenity filtering
software, which may automatically change profane language to characters such
as '@#!%'. For purposes of the User Agreement, "Affiliate" means
any person, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other form of
enterprise, domestic or foreign, including but not limited to subsidiaries,
that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with Recallvine.
You acknowledge and agree that you will not
post on the Site any content for which you do not have the clear right to do
so and to grant the rights granted above. You may generally publish a link
to such content on the Site, provided that such link does not otherwise
violate any third party agreements or rights. [Please note that content
licensed under a Creative Commons license may not be posted on the Site
because such licenses do not permit you to grant the necessary rights and
may not be applicable to such use in some cases. Therefore, such content may
only be seeded to the Site.] You further acknowledge and agree that you are
solely responsible and liable for any content that you post on the Site and
for any infringement or other liability that may result.
You represent and warrant that (i) all User
Content is either wholly original to you, or all third party rights therein
have been fully cleared for use as contemplated by this Agreement, and that
you have the right to grant the rights granted herein without violating the
rights of any third party; (ii) the User Content and the posting thereof on
the Site does and will not, in any way, violate or breach any of the terms
of this Agreement or the Conduct Policy or violate or infringe upon the
rights of any third party, and (iii) Recallvine shall not in any
circumstance be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as
a result of its use or exploitation of the User Content unless otherwise
agreed by Recallvine.
Without limiting the foregoing, Recallvine
and its Affiliates reserve the right to use the User Content as it deems
appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, rejecting, or refusing
to post it. Your submission of User Content is subject to the terms our
Conduct Policy. Recallvine and its Affiliates may, but are under no
obligation to, offer you any payment for User Content that you submit or the
opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify User Content once it has
been submitted to Recallvine. Recallvine and its Affiliates shall not be
obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties and shall not
be responsible for any third party use of User Content.
If it is determined that you possess any
moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the User
Content, you hereby declare that (a) you have no objection to the
publication, use, modification, or deletion and exploitation of the User
Content by Recallvine or its Affiliates, licensees, successors and assigns;
(b) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to
any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (c)
you forever release Recallvine, and its Affiliates, licensees, successors
and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against
Recallvine by virtue of any such moral rights.
Recallvine is for collaborative discovery and
discussion of the recalled products news. You agree not to post to the Site
any links or other User Content which is intended to or may result in any
monetary compensation or other benefit to you, including without limitation
any affiliate links. In addition, while posting full articles which also
appear on your blog is acceptable, you agree not to post your own blog or
other content created by you.
Your Liability
You are solely responsible for your
activities on our Site, including all User Content that you submit or a
third party submits on your behalf or using your account. You agree to
indemnify Recallvine and its Affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers,
employees, agents, successors and assigns against any and all third party
claims, actions, demands, suits and all related losses, liabilities,
damages, penalties, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by an indemnified party arising out of
or related to: (a) any violation of law or regulation from your use of the
Site, (b) any actual or alleged breach by you of any obligations,
representations, warranties under this User Agreement, including violations
of our Conduct Policy; and (c) any actual or alleged infringement or
misappropriation of the intellectual property rights of any third party by
all User Content that you submit or a third party submits on your behalf or
using your account.
Trademarks and Service Marks
"Recallvine," "recallvine.com"
and Recallvine's logos are trademarks, service marks or registered
trademarks of Recallvine or its suppliers and licensors, and may not be
copied, used or imitated, in whole or in part, without the prior written
permission of Recallvine or its suppliers or licensors. You may not use meta
tags or any other "hidden text" using any of the above-referenced
marks without Recallvine's permission. Additionally, all page headers,
graphics, icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade
dress of Recallvine, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or
in part, without Recallvine's prior written permission. All other Recallvine
names or logos mentioned on the Site, or any other trademarks, registered or
otherwise, are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any
products, services, processes or other information, by trade name,
trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply
endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by Recallvine.
Links and Third Party Content
Recallvine or third parties may provide links
on the Site to other sites or content. Recallvine has no control over such
sites or content, and therefore makes no claim or representation regarding,
and expressly disclaims responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or
reliability of sites or content linked to by the Site. Recallvine provides
links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link on the
Site does not imply our affiliation, endorsement, or adoption of the linked
site or any information therein. When you leave the Site, our terms and
policies no longer govern. You should review applicable terms and policies,
including the privacy and data gathering practices, of any third-party
sites.
No Warranties
THE SITE AND THE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN
ARE PROVIDED ON AN "ASIS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT
USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT OR DATA DISTRIBUTED BY OR DOWNLOADED
OR ACCESSED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. RECALLVINE
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, AND CONTENT ON
THE SITE. RECALLVINE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THE
SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, RELIABLE OR ERROR-FREE.
RECALLVINE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO PRICING, TEXT OR PHOTOGRAPHY.
WE CANNOT AND DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE
FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING CONTENT THAT IS
POSTED BY THIRD PARTIES. YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO
DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD.
Limited Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA) WHETHER IN
AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE),
EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS THEREIN OR RESULTING FROM
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF DATA.
YOU AGREE THAT RECALLVINE'S AGGREGATE
LIABILITY FOR ANY ACTUAL AND DIRECT DAMAGES HEREUNDER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
AMOUNTS PAID BY RECALLVINE TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR DAMAGES, SO
SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Applicable Law and Venue
This User Agreement and any transactions on
this Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Arizona applicable to agreements made and entirely to be
performed within the State of Arizona, without resort to its conflict of law
provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or
relating to these terms and conditions shall be filed only in state or
federal court located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and you hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out
of this User Agreement.
Changes to This User Agreement
Recallvine reserves the right to change or
modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this User Agreement, or
any policy of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. If
Recallvine decides to change this User Agreement, it will post a new version
on the Site and update the effective date set forth above. Any changes or
modifications to this User Agreement or policy will be effective upon
posting of the revisions. Your continued use of the Site following posting
of any changes or modifications constitutes your acceptance of such changes
or modifications. You should frequently review this User Agreement and any
other applicable policies, including their dates, to understand the terms
and conditions that apply.
User Conduct Policy
Please read this User Conduct Policy
carefully. It governs your conduct while using various services on this Web
site, located at www.recallvine.com
(the "Site") and operated by Recallvine, Inc.
("Recallvine"). By using our Site, you agree to be
bound the terms of this User Conduct Policy.
ANY VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY MAY RESULT IN
THE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR USE OF OUR
SERVICE AND SUCH ACTION AS WE DEEM APPROPRIATE. INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED
VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD
PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY YOU.
Other Applicable Terms
Your use of the Site is also governed by the Recallvine
Terms of Use. Please review Recallvine's
Privacy Policy to understand
Recallvine's practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of
personal information on the Site.
Use of User Content
You are solely responsible for all content
that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via or to the Site,
including the submission of articles, commentary and all other data,
documents, text, software, applications, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, messages, ratings, forum postings, comments or other
materials (collectively, "User Content"). As a
provider of interactive services, Recallvine enables users to post such User
Content in a public forum. Recallvine is not liable for any User Content
provided by its users. User Content is displayed for entertainment and
informational purposes only and is not controlled by Recallvine. Recallvine
cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such User Content.
You understand that by using the Site, you may be exposed to User Content
that may be offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances
will Recallvine be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but
not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any
loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User
Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Site.
Prohibited Conduct
The following non-exhaustive list describes
the kinds of illegal or harmful conduct that are prohibited on our Site. You
agree not to:
- upload, post or otherwise transmit any
User Content that:
- is not relevant to the subject matter
of the article, commentary, product, service, person or entity;
- is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous,
known to be false and presented as truth, invasive of another's
privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable;
- you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such
as, but not limited to, inside information, proprietary and
confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment
relationships or under nondisclosure Codes)
- contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment;
- potentially infringes any patent,
trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of
any person or entity; or
- is unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
- use an account name, file or directory
name, or other identifier that infringes or misappropriates any
trademark, service mark or other indicia of origin or that is otherwise
likely to cause confusion as to the source, affiliation, sponsorship or
endorsement of a third party's products or services;
- attempt to disguise the origin of any User
Content transmitted to the Site;
- act in any manner that negatively affects
other users' ability to use the Site;
- use or authorize the use of any means to
artificially or falsely drive user traffic to User Content that you or
another user posts to the Site, including the use of automated,
fraudulent or deceptive processes;
- impersonate any person or entity,
including, without limitation, a Site moderator or a manufacturer or
owner of any product, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your
affiliation with a person or entity;
- interfere with the Site, or servers or
networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
- post User Content that would be harmful to
minors in any manner;
- create and/or log in with multiple
accounts;
- access the site using a distributed
network or other anonymizing service, such as Tor, for the purposes of
cloaking your identity, creating multiple accounts, or gaining
admittance to the Site after you've had another account disabled;
- post User Content in a language other than
English, with the exception of ancillary phrases which may be necessary
or illustrative in the middle of larger passages;
System and Network Security
You are prohibited from violating the
security of any system or network comprising the Site. Such violations may
result in criminal and civil liability. Examples of system or network
security violations include, without limitation, the following:
- Unauthorized access to or use of data,
systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of the Site or to breach security or authentication
measures.
- Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic
on the Site.
- Interference with the Site including,
without limitation, any type of flooding technique or deliberate attempt
to overload a system such as denial of service attacks.
- Forging of any packet header, e-mail
header or any part of a message header. This prohibition does not
include the use of aliases or anonymous remailers.
- Using manual or electronic means to avoid
any use or access limitations placed on this Site.
Enforcement
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this User Conduct Policy, Recallvine reserves the right, but does not assume
the obligation, to investigate any violation of this User Conduct Policy or
any other misuse of the Site or its systems, equipment or network.
Recallvine further reserves the right (each in its sole discretion) to
screen, edit, modify, remove or disable access to any User Content that
violates these provisions or that Recallvine deems objectionable. Without
imitating the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contrary in our Privacy
Policy, Recallvine reserves the
right to report any activity, data or persons (including the disclosure of
relevant user information) to appropriate law enforcement officials,
regulators, or other appropriate third parties if Recallvine suspects you
have violated this Conduct Policy or any law or regulation. Recallvine also
may cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies to assist in the
investigation and prosecution of any illegal conduct.
If you want to report any violations of this
Conduct Policy, please contact us here.
General Terms; Repeater Infringer Policy
We reserve the right, without notice and in
our sole discretion, to terminate your account and your license to use the
Site and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site. Without
limiting the foregoing, and in accordance with the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA), it is Recallvine's policy to terminate, in appropriate
circumstances as determined in our sole discretion, subscribers or account
holders who we determine are repeat infringers. If any provision of this
User Agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this User
Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions. The following provisions will survive any termination
of this User Agreement: "User Content", "Your
Liability", "Trademarks", "No Warranties",
"Limited Liability", "Applicable Law and Venue", and
"General Terms".