Terms of Use
Last Updated: November 1, 2011
The following
terms and conditions constitute an agreement between you and GiftSimple, LLC ("GiftSimple,"
"we" or "us"), a New York limited liability company and the operator of www.GiftSimple.com (the "Site")
and the GiftSimple social media application
(the "Application"). This agreement (the "Terms of Use") governs your use
of the Site, the Application and all services available on/through or in
connection with the Site or Application (the "Services").
BY USING THE SITE, APPLICATION AND/OR THE
SERVICES, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE, including that
you consent to the information practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy,
which is incorporated herein by reference, and that you consent to resolve in
the State of New York any dispute that you may have with us, the Site,
Application and/or Services. Please note that we offer the Site "AS IS" and "AS
AVAILABLE," without warranties.
1. Changes to the Terms of Use
We may change
these Terms of Use at any time, as we reasonably deem appropriate. Upon any
change in the Terms of Use, we will post the amended agreement on the Site with
notice of the changes and/or send you an email notifying you of the nature of
the modifications and providing a link to the modified document for your
review. Your continued use of the Site, the Application and/or the Services following
such posting or notification shall constitute your affirmative acknowledgement
of the modification and agreement to abide and be bound by the Terms of Use, as
amended. If at any time you choose not to accept the Terms of Use, including
following such posting or notification of any modifications hereto, then you
agree not to use the Site, the Application and/or the Services.
2. The Site, the Application and the Services
GiftSimple
helps you get the stuff you want from the people you know. On or through our
Site and Application, you may be able to: (i) create a "wish list" of the gifts
you want to receive; (ii) share your wish list with friends via the Facebook
social network ("Friends"); (iii) receive contributions from Friends to enable your
purchase of requested gifts; (iv) make monetary contributions to Friend's "wish
lists"; and avail yourself of related Services.
To actively
engage with the Site or Application, you must have an active, valid Facebook
account. In addition to these Terms
of Use, use of the Services is governed by the Facebook Principles and Policies
(accessible at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/terms.php and expressly
incorporated herein by reference). Please review these terms and conditions
carefully before using any of the Services.
We may from
time to time add new services to the Services, substitute a new service for one
of the existing Services, or discontinue or suspend one of the existing
Services. Information about the new services will be included on the Site, and
the users of new services will be governed by the Terms of Use. You agree that GiftSimple
will not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension or
discontinuation of any of the Services.
3.
Credentials and
Personal Information
Your Facebook
username and password serve as your credentials ("Credentials") for accessing
the GiftSimple Services. You are
responsible for keeping your Credentials confidential and for notifying us if
your password has been hacked or stolen by emailing us at help@GiftSimple.com. In order to utilize certain of our
Services, you must provide us with access to limited portions of your Facebook
account, including certain personal information. The GiftSimple Privacy Policy explains the
information practices that apply to this and other personal information we have
about you, as well as any choices you can make about the ways this information
is used. Please review it carefully.
4.
Your
Responsibilities.
You are
responsible for all use of the Site, Application and any of the Services in
connection with of your Credentials, including use by others to whom you have
given your Credentials. You may use the Site, Application and Services for
lawful, non-commercial purposes only. You may not use the Site, Application or Services
in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or
networks or those of Facebook, or interfere with any other party's use and
enjoyment of the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to
any of the Services, user accounts, or computer systems or networks, through
hacking, password mining or any other means. Without limiting anything else
contained herein, you agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow any
third party to):
· copy, modify,
adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Site or Application, any
content or materials therein or any other portion of the Services;
· remove notices
of any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights contained in or on the
Site or in any content or other material obtained via the Services;
· use any robot,
spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process
or means to access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site or Services;
· reformat or
frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site;
· register accounts
by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; or
· collect or
store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited
activities described in this paragraph.
We may take
any legal action and implement any technical remedies to prevent the violation
of this provision and to enforce the Terms of Use.
5.
Links to Other
Sites.
The Site, the Application and
all communications transmitted via the Services may feature advertisements or contain
links to other websites ("Third Party Sites"). Any links to a Third Party Site are
provided solely for your convenience.
GiftSimple does not endorse, sanction or verify the accuracy or
ownership of the information contained in any advertisements,
the content of any Third Party Site or any products or services advertised on a
Third Party Site. If you decide to click
on a link to a Third Party Site or otherwise navigate to a Third Party Site,
you do so at your own risk. Once you access a Third Party Site, you may no
longer be protected by these Terms of Use and may be subject to other terms and
conditions of such Third Party Site. You should review the applicable terms and
policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third Party Site
to which you navigate. Concerns regarding a Third Party Site should be directed
to the Third Party Site itself. GiftSimple bears no responsibility for any
action associated with any Third Party Site. Moreover, GiftSimple does not imply an
affiliation with any Third Party Site.
6.
Content You
Post or Transmit
As part of the
Services, we may offer you the opportunity to upload, submit, post, publish, communicate, distribute or otherwise transmit
text, images, hyperlinks and/or other content ("Posted Content"). By accepting
or allowing you to submit Posted Content, GiftSimple is not obligated to
publish, display, transmit or otherwise make your Posted Content available to
the public or any third party, and we reserve the right not to do so, in our
sole discretion. We are not, however, responsible for any failure or delay in
removing Posted Content. In addition:
You are solely
responsible for your Posted Content;
You may not
post, submit, distribute, transmit or reproduce any Posted Content that
infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity,
privacy or other proprietary rights of any third party;
You may not
provide any Posted Content that falsely expresses or implies that such Posted
Content is sponsored or endorsed by GiftSimple;
You may not
provide any Posted Content that harasses or advocates harassment of a third
party, is threatening, obscene, defamatory, libelous or is otherwise unlawful
or promotes or encourages illegal activity;
You may
provide Posted Content as a means of transmitting unsolicited mass mailings or
"spamming;"
Your Posted
Content may not be pornographic, sexually explicit, feature graphic nudity;
You understand
and agree that GiftSimple may delete any Posted Content that in our sole
judgment violates these Terms of Use or is otherwise offensive, illegal violates
the rights of, harms or threatens the safety of a third party;
By submitting
Posted Content, you agree to and hereby do grant, and you represent and warrant
that you have the right to grant, GiftSimple, its contractors and the other users
of the Site and Services a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free,
fully sublicensable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, copy, publicly
perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and distribute such Posted
Content and to adapt, edit, translate, prepare derivative works of or
incorporate into other works, such Posted Content.
GiftSimple
reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action, in its
sole discretion, against anyone who violates this provision, including without
limitation, removing the offending Posted Content or communication from the
Services and blocking access to the Services by such violators.
7.
Copyright
Dispute Policy.
GiftSimple has
adopted the following policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA").
We will: (i)
block access to or remove content and material from the Site and/or the
Application which we believe, in good faith, to infringe the copyright of a
third party; and (ii) deactivate the accounts of and/or discontinue Service to users
who repeatedly infringe on others' copyrights on or through the Site and/or
Application.
If you believe
that material or content residing the Site or accessible via the Application infringes
a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the
following information to our Designated Agent at the address listed below:
A physical or
electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;
Identification
of works or materials allegedly being infringed;
Identification
of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including information
regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner
seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that GiftSimple is capable of
finding and verifying its existence;
Your contact
information, including mailing address, telephone number and, if available,
email address;
A statement
that you have a good faith belief the material is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement
made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and you
are authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.
GiftSimple's Designated Agent for Notification of Claimed Infringement may be reached at the following address: help@GiftSimple.com or by phone at (914) 960-7000.
8.
Our
Intellectual Property.
Except for your
Posted Content and the Posted Content of other users, all of the content available
on or through the Site and Application, including without limitation, text,
photographs, graphics and audiovisual content, is owned by us and our licensors
and is protected, as applicable, by copyright, trademark, patent, and trade
secret laws, other proprietary rights, and international treaties. You
acknowledge that the Site and the Application and any underlying technology or
software used in connection with the Services contain GiftSimple's proprietary
information. We give you permission to use the aforementioned content for
personal, non-commercial purposes only and do not transfer any intellectual
property rights to you by virtue of permitting you to access to the Site or use
the Application. You may print, download, and store information from the Site or
Application for your own convenience, but you may not copy, distribute,
republish (except as permitted in this paragraph), sell, or exploit any of the
content, in whole or in part, for any commercial gain or purpose whatsoever
except as expressly provided herein. Except as is expressly provided herein, GiftSimple
and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all
rights in the Site and Application not expressly granted to you by GiftSimple,
are retained by GiftSimple.
9. Purchases, Payment and Fund Withdrawal Policies
Your contribution
of funds towards any gifts requested by Friends shall constitute our sale and
your purchase (a "Purchase") of the GiftSimple Services; in connection with all
Purchases you elect to make on/through the Site or Application, payment is due
and payable to GiftSimple immediately upon sale. Payment for all GiftSimple
Purchases is processed by or through WePay¨ ("WePay") (the third party payment
processing service with which we contract), and in additional to these Terms of
Use, all GiftSimple Purchases are subject to WePay's terms and conditions (accessible
at https://www.wepay.com/about/terms?ref=footer and expressly
incorporated herein). In accordance therewith, immediately upon Purchase, you
authorize WePay to debit your designated account for the total cost of the Purchase,
inclusive of Processing Fees (as defined below) on GiftSimple's behalf, and you
agree to be responsible for payment in full for all such charges. All orders are subject to a three percent
(3%) service fee (the "Service Fee"), which shall be automatically deducted
from all fund donations and retained by GiftSimple. In additional, WePay may
charge a processing fee (the "WePay Processing Fee") to process credit cards.
Under no circumstances whatsoever shall we provide and you are not entitled to
a refund of any Service Fees, WePay Processing Fees or any portions thereof. Applicable
sales and/or use tax, if any, will be charged on all Purchases by residents of
the State of New York. We reserve the right to modify our
payment methods at any time. You warrant and represent that all payment and
billing information you provide to GiftSimple and/or WePay is and will be true,
accurate and complete. All Purchases are subject to payment verification.
In connection
with your Purchases, the total amount that you elect to gift, minus our Service
Fee, shall be available for withdrawal by and only by the designated
beneficiary or gift recipient (the "Recipient"), seventy-two (72) hours following
the time of Purchase and at any time thereafter (not to exceed 10 years). GiftSimple
shall notify the Recipient each time additional funds become available for
withdrawal by said Recipient, and shall provide Recipient with withdrawal
instructions and options.
You agree that
the beneficiary will not receive any interest or dividends received on
GiftSimple Purchases. Your use of the Services affirms that you irrevocably
transfer and assign to GiftSimple any ownership right in any interest earned on
funds.
10.
Disclaimer of
Warranties.
WE PROVIDE THE
SITE, THEN APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE." WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES ABOUT THE
SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL SUCH
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL STATUTORY WARRANTIES, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES
AND THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES ARE
MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE OR ACCURATE
OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY NETWORKS) AT
TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS OF THE
SITE OR ANY OTHER DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED OR RECEIVED THROUGH THE SITE OR
SERVICES. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, GIFTSIMPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES
ABOUT THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE AND FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY OR
THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION. GIFTSIMPLE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL
OPERATE ERROR-FREE, THAT LOSS OF DATA WILL NOT OCCUR, OR THAT THE SERVICES,
SOFTWARE OR SITE ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, CONTAMINANTS OR OTHER HARMFUL
ITEMS.
11.
Liability Limitations.
YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH US IS THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR
REGISTRATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY
AND ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE
SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES, IF
ANY, THAT YOU PAID TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO
YOU (OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE
OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND/OR THE APPLICATION. THESE EXCLUSIONS
APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK
STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR
LOSSES, EVEN IF WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES
OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT
EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS
FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR."
12.
Termination.
We may
terminate and/or suspend your registration and/or access immediately, without
notice, if there has been a violation of the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or any
other policy or terms posted on the Site, by you or by someone using your
Credentials. GiftSimple shall not be liable to you or any third party for any
termination of your access to the Site and/or the Application. You may
terminate our access to your Facebook account at any time by logging in to your
Facebook Account and updating your application permission settings. You may
contact GiftSimple to request we delete your information at any time by
contacting us at: help@GiftSimple.com. Sections 7-13 and 16-17 shall survive any
termination or expiration of the Terms of Use.
13.
Indemnification.
Upon a request
by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our members, employees,
contractors, officers, directors, agents, parent, other affiliated companies,
and suppliers, from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including
attorney's fees, made by any third party that arise from or are related to (a)
your access to the Site, (b) your use of the Application or Services, or (c)
the violation of the Terms of Use by you or any third party using your
Credentials of any intellectual property or other right of any person or
entity. The foregoing indemnification obligation does not apply to liabilities,
claims and expenses arising as a result of our own gross negligence or
intentional misconduct.
14.
Electronic
Contracting and Notice.
Your
affirmative act of using the Site, the Application or any of the Services constitutes
your electronic signature to the Terms of Use and your consent to enter into
agreements with us electronically.
15.
Entire
Agreement.
The Terms of Use
and any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Site,
including the Privacy Policy constitute
the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or
oral agreements. If any part of the Terms of Use is held invalid or
unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with
applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of
the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
The failure of GiftSimple to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the
Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The
failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for
herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.
16.
Choice of Law
and Dispute Resolution.
This agreement
shall be deemed to have been entered into and shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York as applied to contracts
made and to be performed entirely within New York, without giving effect to the
State's conflicts of law statute. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out
of or related to the Terms of Use, your use of the Site, the Application or any
of the Services shall be settled by final and binding arbitration to be
conducted by an arbitration tribunal in New York County in the State of New
York pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The
arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The decision or award of
the arbitrator shall be final, and judgment upon such decision or award may be
entered in any competent court or application may be made to any competent
court for judicial acceptance of such decision or award and an order of
enforcement. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to
impose equitable and injunctive relief as well as to award monetary relief, as
the arbitrator deems appropriate.
17.
Assignment.
We may assign
this agreement at any time to any parent, subsidiary or any affiliated company
or as part of the sale to, merger with or other transfer of GiftSimple to
another entity. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense the Terms of Use to
anyone else and any attempt to do so shall be null and void.
18.
Eligibility.
You must be 18
years of age or older, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your
jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to use the Site, the
Application and Services. If you are under the age of 18 or the applicable
legal age in your jurisdiction, you can use the Site, the Application or
Services only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parent or
guardian who has agreed to the Terms of Use. If you do not qualify under these
terms, do not use the Site, the Application or Services. Use of the Services is
void where prohibited by applicable law, and the right to use the Services is
revoked in such jurisdictions. By using the Services, you represent and warrant
that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into the Terms of Use
and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Services
are administered in the United States and intended for United States users only;
any use outside of the United States is at your own risk and you are
responsible for compliance with any local laws applicable to your use of the
Services or the Site.
Copyright ©
2011 GiftSimple, LLC. All rights reserved.