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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
We are WhatALooker.com (the "Website"). By using this Website,
whether or not you register as a user ("Registered User"), you are agreeing to
be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions (the "Agreement"), just as if you
had signed this Agreement.
Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy and our
Contest Rules, which are part of this Agreement and incorporated by reference.
If you do not agree to this Agreement, please do not use the
Website and do not register to be a Registered User. We reserve the right, at
our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Agreement at
any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued
use of this Website following the posting of changes to this Agreement means you
accept those changes.
If you do not comply with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement at any time, we may pursue any and all available remedies, including
but not limited to suspension or termination of your registration and/or access
to the Website or any service or feature, at our sole discretion.
ELIGIBILITY
You must be 18 years old or older to register as a Registered
User or to use the Website. Use of this Website is void where prohibited. By
using the Website, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority,
and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to comply with all of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
REGISTRATION
If you elect to register to use the Website, you agree to provide
true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself in the
registration process, and maintain and promptly update your information to keep
it accurate. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, or
incomplete, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that you have done so,
or for any other reason, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account
and disable any and all current or future use of the Website or any service or
feature.
TERM
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use
the Website and/or are a Registered User.
You may terminate your registration as a Registered User at any
time, for any reason, upon our receipt of your written or e-mail request for
termination.
We may suspend or terminate your registration and/or access to
the Website or any service or feature, at our sole discretion, at any time, for
any reason. We may disable your password and/or remove and discard any content
uploaded, posted, or otherwise displayed on the Website, at our sole discretion,
for any reason, including but not limited to lack of use or any violation of
this Agreement.
We may also, at our sole discretion, at any time, discontinue or
change the Website or any service or feature, at our sole discretion and without
prior notice or liability.
You agree that any termination of your access to the Website or
any service or feature, under any provision of this Agreement may be effected
without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that we may immediately
deactivate or delete your registration and all related information and files or
prevent any further access to such materials or the Website or any service or
feature. Further, you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third
party for any such action.
PAYMENTS
We charge fees for various services as indicated on the Website.
We may change our fees from time to time. Any change will be effective as soon
as we post it on the Website. In the event we introduce a new service or
feature, the fees for that service or feature are effective at launch. All fees
are quoted in U.S. Dollars. You are responsible for paying all fees associated
with using the Website and all applicable taxes. We are not affiliated with
Paypal®
or any other payment service and you are advised to review and
comply with the terms and conditions of using any such payment service.
NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE
The Website is for personal use only and may not be used for any
commercial purpose. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become
Registered Users and may not use the Website for any purpose.
OWNERSHIP OF RIGHTS
We own and retain all proprietary rights in the Website and all
content on the Website, including but not limited to all information, messages,
software, photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds, or other material on the
Website. You acknowledge and agree that all content on the Website is protected
by copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and/or other proprietary
rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all media,
technologies, and other formats now existing or later developed, throughout the
universe.
All content on the Website is copyrighted as a collective work
under the U.S. copyright laws, and we own a copyright in the selection,
coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of all such content. Our name and
logo are our trademarks. All other trademarks appearing on the Website are
trademarks of their respective owners.
You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any
copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information from this
Website without obtaining the prior written consent of us or any other owner of
such rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has
been copied and posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please follow the reporting procedure described at the end of this
Agreement.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the
transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of
the content on this Website, in whole or in part, except that you may download
one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal,
non-commercial, home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other
proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for
any other purpose, including but not limited to use of any such material on any
other website or computer network, is strictly prohibited.
You acknowledge and agree that all content, whether publicly
posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from
which such content originated. We do not control all of the content posted via
the Website and, as such, do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality
of such content.
You understand that by using the Website, you may be exposed to
content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances
will we be liable in any way for any content, including but not limited to any
errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred
as a result of the use of any content uploaded, posted, e-mailed, or otherwise
transmitted via the Website.
The Website may provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other websites on the Internet. Because we have no control over such websites,
you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of
such websites and that we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for
any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such
websites. You acknowledge and agree that we will not be responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by
or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services
available on or through any such websites or links.
POSTED CONTENT AND
SUBMISSIONS
If you upload,
post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any content, including but not limited to
information, messages, software, photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds,
or other material, to us or anyone else via the Website, or if you send us
suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, or other information, all such information
and content shall be deemed, and shall remain, our property. None of the
information and content shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on our
part, and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such
information or content. Without limitation of the foregoing, we shall
exclusively own all rights to all such information and content, in all media,
technologies, and other formats now existing or later developed, of every kind
and nature throughout the universe, and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of
the Posted Content and Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or
otherwise, without compensation to you or any other provider or owner of the
Posted Content and Submissions.
You are solely responsible for all content and information that
you upload, post, e‑mail, or otherwise transmit via the Website. You understand
and agree that we may review and delete any content or information that in our
sole judgment may violate this Agreement, or that might be offensive or illegal,
or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of other persons,
or for any other reason.
By uploading, posting, e-mailing, or otherwise transmitting any
content or information to us or anyone else via the Website, you automatically
grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free, worldwide
license to use, copy, perform, display, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, and otherwise exploit such information and content and to
prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information
and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You also
waive any and all "moral rights" in all such information and content.
By uploading, posting, e-mailing, or otherwise transmitting any
content or information to us or anyone else via the Website, you consent to our
use of your name, photograph, and/or likeness, address, voice, and statements
made by or attributed to you, in perpetuity, in all media, technologies, and
other formats now existing or later developed (including but not limited to
print, broadcast, and Internet), for all business purposes, such as advertising
and promotional activities, without additional compensation, notice, or
approval, unless prohibited by law.
Additionally, you are solely responsible for any and all
activities that occur using your password, including but not limited to
unauthorized use by any other person. You are solely responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree to notify us
immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of
security known to you.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE
You agree not to use the Website for any of the following:
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You will not
post, publish, or display in any public area of the Website any telephone
numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs, or e-mail addresses.
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You will not
promote racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any
group or individual.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or
libelous, or invades another person's privacy.
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You will not
"stalk", harass, or advocate harassment of another person.
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You will not harm
or threaten harm to minors in any way.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that exploits people
under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal
information from anyone under 18.
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Your information
and your activities on the Website shall not violate any law, statute,
ordinance or regulation (including but not limited to those governing
securities regulation, inside information, export control, consumer
protection, unfair competition, anti‑discrimination, or false advertising).
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Your activities
on the Website shall not be false, fraudulent, inaccurate, or misleading.
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You will not
impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity.
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You will not
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of any content transmitted via the Website, including but not limited
e-mail services we provide.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any
party.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that promotes illegal
or unauthorized copying of another person’s copyrighted work, including but
not limited to providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing
information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or
providing pirated music or links to pirated music files.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid
schemes, or any other form of solicitation.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that contains
restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images.
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You will not
solicit passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or
unlawful purposes from other users.
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You will not
collect usernames and/or e-mail addresses by electronic or other means for the
purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail or any other purpose.
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You will not
collect or store personal data about other persons.
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You will not use
any information obtained from the Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm
another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any
other person without their prior explicit consent.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that 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.
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You will not use
any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any
purpose without our express written permission.
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Your information
and your activities on the Website shall not contain any viruses, Trojan
horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer
programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal
information.
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You will not
interfere with or disrupt the Website or servers or networks connected to the
Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Website.
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You will not take
any action that imposes (as determined by us in our sole discretion) an
unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website or any service or
feature or any network connected to the Website.
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You will not
interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or
any service or feature of the Website.
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You will not
upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any 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.
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Your information
and your activities on the Website shall not create liability for us or cause
us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other vendors or
contractors.
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You will not
frame or link to the Website without our written authorization.
We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal
action in our sole discretion against anyone who violates these provisions,
including but not limited to removing any offending material from the Website
and terminating the registration of such violators.
COMMUNICATIONS AMONG USERS
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other
Registered Users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor
disputes between you and other Registered Users.
All communications that are transmitted through our system,
including but not limited to e-mail, are public and not private communications.
Although we reserve the right to remove without notice any e-mail or posting for
any reason, we have no obligation to delete content that you may find
objectionable or offensive.
We provide our users with access to e-mail. This e-mail shall be
used only in a non‑commercial manner. You shall not, without our express
written approval, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any
solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or
services.
It is our policy to respect the privacy of all users. In
addition to our Privacy Policy, we will not monitor, edit, or disclose the
contents of a user or member e‑mail unless required in the course of normal
maintenance of the Website and its systems or unless required to do so by law or
in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the
law or comply with legal process served on us; (2) protect and defend our rights
or property; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our
users or the public. You shall remain solely responsible for the content of
your messages.
We reserve the right to monitor some, all, or no areas of the
Website or communications routed via the Website for adherence to these or other
rules that may be published from time to time. You acknowledge that by
providing you with the ability to distribute your content, we are acting as a
passive conduit for such distribution and we are not undertaking any obligation
or liability relating to any content or activities in connection with the
Website.
DISCLAIMERS
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." YOU USE IT AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
THAT IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR WITHOUT ERROR, THAT THE
RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR
THAT THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL
OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF
THE WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF
ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CONTENT
POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, WHETHER CAUSED BY YOU, REGISTERED USERS, ANY OTHER
PERSON, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN
THE WEBSITE.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR
OFFLINE, OF ANY REGISTERED USER OF THE WEBSITE OR OTHER PERSON.
WE ASSUME 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, USER COMMUNICATIONS.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION
OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR LINES, COMPUTER ONLINE SYSTEMS, SERVERS OR
PROVIDERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF E-MAIL BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL
PROBLEMS OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY OTHER WEBSITE OR
COMBINATION OF CAUSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO
REGISTERED USERS AND/OR OTHER PERSONS OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON'S COMPUTER RELATED
TO OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE WEB AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, RESULTING FROM
ANYONE'S USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OR TRANSMITTED TO
REGISTERED USERS, OR ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN REGISTERED USERS OF THE WEBSITE OR
OTHER PERSONS, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
OUR PERSONNEL OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA,
OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM:
(i)
THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE;
(ii)
THE COST OF OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND
SERVICES;
(iii)
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA;
(iv)
STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE
WEBSITE; OR
(v)
ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE WEBSITE OR THE
OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF
ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), OR
OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, TO US IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR
USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
DISPUTES
If there is any dispute about or involving the Website, by using
the Website you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State
of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to
personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts of the State
of California, County of Los Angeles.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold us, our owners, parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, attorneys, consultants, advisors,
representatives, employees, heirs, successors, and assigns, harmless from any
loss, liability, claim, demand, cause of action, cost, or expense, including but
not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or
arising out of your use of the Website, your breach of this Agreement, breach of
your representations and warranties described above, unauthorized use by any
other person of your password or registration, and/or infringement of any
intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
OTHER TERMS
This Agreement, accepted upon use of the Website and further
affirmed by those who register as Registered Users, contains the entire
agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Website.
This is the entire agreement between you and us relating to the
subject matter herein and shall not be modified by you except in writing, signed
by both parties.
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder
of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from
these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions.
The Agreement inures to the benefit of our successors, assigns,
and licensees.
PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
In accordance with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if
you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent the following information:
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an electronic or
physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright interest;
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a description of
the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
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a description of
where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
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your address,
telephone number, and e-mail address;
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a statement by
you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
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a statement by
you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate and
that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf.
Please contact our
Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement on:
Registered
Copyright Agent
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