TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
This Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”), constitutes a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“user” or “you”) and Annie’s Classroom LLC and its affiliated companies, Websites, applications and tools (collectively, Annie’s Classroom LLC, “Company” or “we” or “us” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the www.anniesclassroom.com Website(s) as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Sites”). The Sites provide the following service: Educational Content (“Company Services”). Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Sites from time to time, are hereby expressly incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
Company makes no representation that the Sites is appropriate or available in other locations other than where it is operated by Company. The information provided on the Sites is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject Company to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) are not permitted to register for the Sites or use the Company Services.
YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT BY ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH ACCEPTANCE DURING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS (IF APPLICABLE) AND ALSO BY CONTINUING TO USE THE SITES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS AGREEMENT, OR TO MODIFICATIONS THAT COMPANY MAY MAKE TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE, DO NOT USE OR ACCESS OR CONTINUE TO USE OR ACCESS THE COMPANY SERVICES OR THE SITES.
REFUND AND RETURN
USER REPRESENTATIONS
Regarding Your Registration
A. all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate;
B. you will maintain the accuracy of such information;
C. you will keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your password and account;
D. you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use our Sites; and
E. your use of the Company Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as
prompted by the Sites’ registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update registration data to keep it
true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current
or incomplete, or Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Company has the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Sites (or any portion thereof).
We reserve the right to remove or reclaim or change a user name you select if we determine appropriate
in our discretion, such as when the user name is obscene or otherwise objectionable or when a
trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user’s actual name.
Regarding Content You Provide
A. the creation, distribution, transmission, public display and performance, accessing, downloading and copying of your Contribution does not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or moral rights of any third party;
B. you are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases and permissions to use and to authorize Annie’s Classroom LLC and the Sites’ users to use your Contributions as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you under this Agreement;
C. you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the Contribution to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual
person to enable inclusion and use of the Contribution in the manner contemplated by our Sites;D. your Contribution is not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable (as determined by Annie’s Classroom LLC), libelous or slanderous, does not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate or abuse anyone, does not advocate the violent overthrow of any government, does not incite, encourage or threaten physical harm against another, does not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
E. your Contribution does not contain material that solicits personal information from anyone under 18 or exploit people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, and does not violate any federal or state law concerning child pornography or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors;
F. your Contribution does not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap;
G. your Contribution does not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation.
CONTRIBUTION LICENSE
By posting Contributions to any part of the Sites, or making them accessible to the Sites by linking your account to any of your social network accounts, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Annie’s Classroom LLC an unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels. Such use and distribution license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos, personal and commercial images you provide. Company does not assert any ownership over your Contributions; rather, as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in this Agreement, you retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We will not use your contribution in a way that infringes on your rights and always process your personal information lawfully and with your consent.
Company has the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to (i) edit, redact or otherwise change any Contributions, (ii) re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations or (iii) prescreen or delete any Contributions that are determined to be inappropriate or otherwise in violation of this Agreement.
By uploading your Contributions to the Sites, you hereby authorize Company to grant to each end user a personal, limited, no-transferable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid license to access, download, print and otherwise use your Contributions for their internal purposes and not for distribution, transfer, sale or commercial exploitation of any kind.
SUBMISSIONS
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
A. attempting to bypass any measures of the Sites designed to prevent or restrict access to the Sites, or any portion of the Sites
B. deciphering, decompiling, disassembling or reverse engineering any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Sites
C. attempting to impersonate another user or person or using the username of another user
D. criminal or tortious activity
E. deleting the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Sites’ content
F. engaging in any automated use of the system, such as using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools
G. except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, using or launching, developing or distributing any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the Sites, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software
H. harassing, annoying, intimidating or threatening any Company employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Company Services to you
I. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Sites or the networks or services connected to the Sites
J. making any unauthorized use of the Company Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses
K. selling or otherwise transferring your profile
L. systematic retrieval of data or other content from the Sites to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without written permission from Company
M. tricking, defrauding or misleading Company and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords
N. using any information obtained from the Sites in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person
O. using the Company Services as part of any effort to compete with Company or to provide services as a service bureau
P. using the Sites in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The content on the Sites (“Annie’s Classroom LLC Content”) and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by or licensed to Annie’s Classroom LLC, and are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. Annie’s Classroom LLC Content, includes, without limitation, all source code, databases, functionality, software, Sites’ designs, audio, video, text, photographs and graphics. All Annie’s Classroom LLC graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are registered trademarks, common law trademarks or trade dress of Annie’s Classroom LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Annie’s Classroom LLC trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the Annie’s Classroom LLC.
Annie’s Classroom LLC Content on the Sites is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, aggregated, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Provided that you are eligible to use the Sites, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Sites and the Annie’s Classroom LLC Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Annie’s Classroom LLC Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Annie’s Classroom LLC reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Sites and Annie’s Classroom LLC Content and Marks.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
SITE MANAGEMENT
A. monitor the Sites for violations of this Agreement;
B. take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Annie’s Classroom LLC sole discretion, violates this Agreement, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities;
C. in Annie’s Classroom LLC sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to or availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any user’s contribution or any portion thereof that may violate this Agreement or any Annie’s Classroom LLC policy;
D. in Company’s sole discretion and without limitation, notice or liability to remove from the Sites or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to Annie’s Classroom LLC ‘s systems;
E. otherwise manage the Sites in a manner designed to protect the rights and property of Annie’s Classroom LLC and others and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Sites
TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Sites or are otherwise a user or member of the Sites, as applicable. You may terminate your use or participation at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions for terminating user accounts in your account settings, if available, or by contacting us using the contact information below.
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, IN COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITES AND THE COMPANY SERVICES, TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON AT ALL, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION, AND COMPANY MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITES AND THE COMPANY SERVICES, DELETE YOUR PROFILE AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION.
In order to protect the integrity of the Sites and Company Services, Company reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block certain IP addresses from accessing the Sites and Company Services.
Any provisions of this Agreement that, in order to fulfill the purposes of such provisions, need to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement, shall be deemed to survive for as long as necessary to fulfill such purposes.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN STATES ALLOW YOU TO CANCEL THIS AGREEMENT, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF COMPANY’S THIRD BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, EXCLUDING SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. TO CANCEL, CALL A COMPANY CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS USING THE CONTACT INFORMATION LISTING BELOW IN THIS AGREEMENT OR BY ACCESSING YOUR ACCOUNT SETTINGS. THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN STATES WITH SUCH LAWS.
If Company terminates or suspends your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, Company reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress
MODIFICATIONS
To Agreement
To Services
DISPUTES
Between Users
With Company
CORRECTIONS
DISCLAIMERS
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
INDEMNITY
NOTICES
USER DATA
ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING
MISCELLANEOUS
CONTACT US
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Email: Annie@anniesclassroom.com
Phone: __________
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
WHAT IS A TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT?
WHEN IS A TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT NEEDED?
While Terms and Conditions are not required by law, any website, especially e-commerce or social networking websites or applications and any website or internet service provider that stores a User’s personal data, should consider having Terms and Conditions.
A written set of Terms and Conditions protects the Company and acts an instruction manual for its website. It allows the Company to explain things related to its service or product, including, among other things:
- how purchases, payment, and returns are handled
- ownership and use of content and intellectual property
- how Users must conduct themselves, including any prohibited behavior
- limitations on liability and disclaimers
- the Company’s privacy policy
WHEN IS A TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT NEEDED?
Almost every website or application that provides a service or product has a Terms of Use Agreement.
Here are some examples of websites and apps that use a Terms of Use Agreement:
- E-Commerce Company – Ebay, Amazon, Target, Gap
- Social Media Website or Application – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat
- Search Engine – Google, Yahoo, Bing
- Website or Application Providing a Service or Product – YouTube, Apple, Uber
- Gaming Website or Application – Playstation, Pokemon Go, Candy Crush
WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A TERMS OF USE?
- Who is the Company providing the service or product
- What is the service or product provided by the Company
- Where is the Company’s website
- When will the agreement terminate
- Why might the User not be granted access to the website
- How does the User agree to accept the Terms of Service
OTHER NAMES
- Terms of Service Agreement
- Terms and Conditions
- User Agreement
- Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
- Disclaimer
- TOU
- ToS
- TOS
- TOC