This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the AskPatty.com, Inc., Services. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the Website) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with AskPatty.com, Inc.). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only authorized to use the Services (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave the Website and discontinue use of the Services immediately. If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of the Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance at the end of this document before proceeding to the Registration process.
This Agreement includes AskPatty.com, Inc.'s policy for acceptable use of the Services and Content posted on the Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Services and AskPatty.com, Inc.'s Privacy Policy. In order to participate in certain 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 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 us at: info@AskPatty.com, Inc., Subject: Terms of Use Agreement.
AskPatty.com, Inc. may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by AskPatty.com, Inc. on the Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the 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 choose carefully the information you post on AskPatty.com, Inc. and that you provide to other Users. Your AskPatty.com, Inc. profile may not include the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other AskPatty.com, Inc. Members (for instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and AskPatty.com, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Services by any person, please contact AskPatty.com, Inc..
AskPatty.com, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including email) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.
Use of and Membership in the Services is void where prohibited. By using the 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 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 under 14 years of age.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the 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. AskPatty.com, Inc. may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect, including sections 5-17.
You acknowledge that AskPatty.com, Inc. reserves the right to charge for the Services and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion. If AskPatty.com, Inc. terminates your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of subscription fees.
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 AskPatty.com, Inc. 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.
The 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 AskPatty.com, Inc.. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the 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 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 Services.
By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you hereby grant to AskPatty.com, Inc., a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a back-up or residual copy of the Content posted by you may remain on the AskPatty.com, Inc. servers after you have removed the Content from the Services, and AskPatty.com, Inc. retains the rights to those copies. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the 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 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 Services.
The Services contain Content of AskPatty.com, Inc. ("AskPatty.com, Inc. Content"). AskPatty.com, Inc. Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and AskPatty.com, Inc. owns and retains all rights in the AskPatty.com, Inc. Content and the Services. AskPatty.com, Inc. hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the AskPatty.com, Inc. Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Website and using the Services.
The Services contain Content of Users and other AskPatty.com, Inc. 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 Services.
AskPatty.com, Inc. may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of AskPatty.com, Inc. violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. AskPatty.com, Inc. assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time AskPatty.com, Inc. chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Services, AskPatty.com, Inc. nonetheless 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.
You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users. AskPatty.com, Inc. does not endorse and has no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by AskPatty.com, Inc. prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of AskPatty.com, Inc.. AskPatty.com, Inc. 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.
The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Services. AskPatty.com, Inc. reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in AskPatty.com, Inc.'s sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of AskPatty.com, Inc.:
The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the Website and through your use of the Services. AskPatty.com, Inc. reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in AskPatty.com, Inc.'s sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:
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 AskPatty.com, Inc. to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of prompt notification to AskPatty.com, Inc. 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 Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a written 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; (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. AskPatty.com, Inc.'s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent
ASKPATTY.COM,INC.
38180 DEL WEBB BLVD PMB 157
PALM DESERT CA 92211-1256
Phone 888-737-8599
Email info@askpatty.com
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other AskPatty.com, Inc. Members. AskPatty.com, Inc. reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
Privacy. Use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
AskPatty.com, Inc. is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Services provided, whether caused by Users of the Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Services. Profiles created and posted by Members on AskPatty.com, Inc. may contain links to other websites. AskPatty.com, Inc. 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 AskPatty.com, Inc.. Inclusion of any linked website on AskPatty.com, Inc. does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by AskPatty.com, Inc.. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. AskPatty.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Website or through the Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. AskPatty.com, Inc. is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any
AskPatty.com, Inc. 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. AskPatty.com, Inc. is 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 any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the 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 Services. Under no circumstances shall AskPatty.com, Inc. be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Services, attendance at a AskPatty.com, Inc. event, from any Content posted on or through the Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the Services, whether online or offline. The Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and AskPatty.com, Inc. expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. AskPatty.com, Inc. cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Services.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ASKPATTY.COM, INC. 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 ASKPATTY.COM, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, ASKPATTY.COM, INC.'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 ASKPATTY.COM, INC. FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
Software available in connection with the Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that such download or use is not in violation of any such law.
If there is any dispute about or involving the Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts of the State of Arizona, City of Phoenix. Either AskPatty.com, Inc. or you may demand that any dispute between AskPatty.com, Inc. and you arising out of this Agreement must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Phoenix, Arizona.
You agree to indemnify and hold AskPatty.com, Inc., 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 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 Website or through the Services causes AskPatty.com, Inc. to be liable to another.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Website or any of the Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and AskPatty.com, Inc. regarding the use of the Services. The failure of AskPatty.com, Inc. 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. Ask Patty is a trademark of AskPatty.com, Inc. 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.
ASKPATTY.COM,INC.
38180 DEL WEBB BLVD PMB 157
PALM DESERT CA 92211-1256
Phone 888-737-8599
Email info@askpatty.com