Lifopedia.World Terms of Use
Effective / Date of Last Revision: February 26th, 2017
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By accessing the Lifopedia.World website, mobile application or other Lifopedia.World product or service (the “Platform”) on any computer, mobile phone, tablet, console or other device (collectively, a “Device”), you agree to these terms and conditions of use, including the Privacy Policy (together, the “Terms of Use”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT ACCESS THE PLATFORM.
You should check the content of these Terms of Use periodically for changes as Lifopedia.World reserves the right to make such changes, without notice to you. By using the Platform after such changes have been made and posted you agree to accept those changes, whether you have reviewed them or not. If at any time, you do not agree to these Terms of Use, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Platform. ANY USE OR CONTINUATION OF USE OF THE PLATFORM IS DEEMED TO BE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
USER GENERATED CONTENT
“User Generated Content” is communications, materials, information, data, opinions, photos, profiles, messages, notes, website links, text information, music, videos, designs, graphics, sounds, and any other content that you and/or other Platform users post or otherwise make available on or through the Platform, except to the extent the Content is owned by Lifopedia.World.
ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ACCOUNT
To become a user of the Platform, or post User Generated Content, you will be required to register for an account. The Platform is intended solely for Users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older and it is a violation of these Terms of Use for anyone under 13 to register for the Platform. You represent and warrant that you are 13 or older. Your account may be deleted without warning if you misrepresent your age, whether older or younger.
REGISTERING FOR AN ACCOUNT
To use the services available on the Platform, you must complete the account login form. You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself (“Personal Information”) as prompted by the registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update your Personal Information to keep it accurate and current. You agree that Lifopedia.World may use your Personal Information to provide services on the Platform for which you have expressed interest. If you provide any Personal Information that is inaccurate or not current, or that Lifopedia.World has reasonable grounds to suspect that such Personal Information is inaccurate or not current, Lifopedia.World has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Platform. In consideration of your use of the Platform, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
SAFEGUARDING YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and account information. Please be diligent in protecting the secrecy of such information as you will be responsible and liable for any and all use of your password or account, notwithstanding that such use was not authorized by you.
You agree to: (a) maintain the security of your user identification, password and other confidential information relating to your Lifopedia.World account(s); (b) be responsible for all charges resulting from the use of your Lifopedia.World account, including unauthorized use; (c) take such steps to discontinue the occurrence of any unauthorized use by notifying Lifopedia.World immediately and changing your password; and (d) keeping your e-mail address and other Personal Information current.
PRIVACY
Lifopedia.World will collect, use and disclose personal information that may identify you only when it is offered voluntarily by you. Lifopedia.World processes this information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Lifopedia.World maintains the Platform as a service to the global Internet community. All intellectual property on the Platform, except for User Generated Content (defined below) (“Intellectual Property”) is the property of Lifopedia.World or its licensors and is not to be copied or modified without the written consent of Lifopedia.World. Lifopedia.World reserves all rights to all content on the Platform (except for User Generated Content), including but not limited to text, software, scripts, code, designs, graphics, drawings, photos, sounds, music, videos, applications, interactive features, the ‘look and feel’ and all other content (the “Content”). Only where expressly authorized by Lifopedia.World may users download content for their own personal, non-commercial use in accordance with these Terms of Use or the written consent of Lifopedia.World.
LIFOPEDIA.WORLD’S RIGHTS TO YOUR POSTS
Your User Generated Content is not confidential or proprietary. You grant, and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Lifopedia.World a non-exclusive, non-revocable, worldwide, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual right to use your User Generated Content in any manner or media now or later developed, for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, including the right to translate, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, sublicense, distribute, assign and commercialize without any payment due to you.
USE RESTRICTIONS
You may use the Content only for your own non-commercial use to participate in the Platform. You agree not to change or delete any ownership notices from materials downloaded or printed from the Platform. You agree not to modify, copy, translate, broadcast, perform, display, distribute, frame, reproduce, republish, download, display, post, transmit or sell any Lifopedia.World’s Intellectual Property or Content appearing on the Platform, including User Generated Content, without Lifopedia.World ‘s prior written consent, unless it is your own User Generated Content that you legally post on the Platform. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be interpreted as granting any license of Intellectual Property rights to you.
USER CONDUCT
You agree to not use the Platform to: (a) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any User Generated Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) harm minors in any way; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Lifopedia.World official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any User Generated Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (e) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any User Generated Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; (f) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation; (g) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available 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; (h) interfere with or disrupt the Platform or servers or networks connected to the Platform, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Platform; and/or (i) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial, state, national or international law. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) the Platform or the User Generated Content through any automated means (including the use of any script, web crawler, robot, spider, or scraper), and that you will not forge or manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any access (or attempted access) to the Platform.
GENERAL RULES FOR PUBLICATION OF USER GENERATED CONTENT
While Lifopedia.World endeavours to prescreen User Generated Content, Lifopedia.World does not guarantee the Platform will be free from User Generated Content that is inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful or otherwise objectionable. Lifopedia.World assumes no responsibility for, or any obligation to monitor or remove, such User Generated Content. Lifopedia.World reserves the right to edit, remove, or refuse to post any User Generated Content or terminate your registered account for any reason.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT COMPLAINTS
If you believe that your work has been improperly copied and posted on the Platform, such that it constitutes infringement, please provide us with the following information: (1) name, address, telephone number, email address and an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or of the person authorized to act on his/her behalf; (2) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (3) a description of where on the Platform the material that you claim is infringing is located; (4) a written statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (5) 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. These requirements must be followed to give Lifopedia.World legally sufficient notice to Lifopedia.World of infringement. Send copyright infringement complaints to [email protected].
MOBILE SERVICES
The Platform contains services and features that are available to certain mobile Devices. Your carrier’s normal rates and fees apply. Not all mobile services will work with all carriers or Devices. By using Lifopedia.World ‘s mobile services, you agree that we may communicate with you by electronic means to your mobile Device and that certain information about your use of these services may be shared with us. If you change or deactivate your mobile phone number, you must promptly update your account information to ensure that we don’t send your messages to a different person.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS
Lifopedia.World takes no responsibility for links within the Platform. Lifopedia.World shall not be liable for any damages or consequences that arise from your transfer to any other websites, applications or other products or services operated by other organizations (“Third Party Platforms”) via a link from the Platform. Lifopedia.World does not endorse, monitor or have any control over such Third Party Platforms, which have separate terms of use and privacy policies. Lifopedia.World makes no warranties or representations of any kind in relation to Third Party Platforms and you access such Third Party Platforms at your own risk.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Lifopedia.World, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all claims, losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including, without limitation, legal fees, arising from or relating in any way to your User Generated Content, your use of Content, your use of the Platform, your conduct in connection with the Platform or with other Platform users, or any violation of these Terms of Use, any law, or the rights of any third party.
USER INTERACTION DISCLAIMER
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other people, whether online or in person. Lifopedia.World is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from any interaction with other Platform users, persons you meet through the Platform, or persons who find you because of information posted on, by or through the Platform. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other users on the Platform, and conduct any necessary investigation before meeting another person. Lifopedia.World is under no obligation to become involved with any user dispute, but may do so at its own discretion.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
Lifopedia.World will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, but makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of this information. Lifopedia.World shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising from your use, access, or inability to access the Platform or your reliance on the information contained within the Platform.
The Platform, User Generated Content, Content, and any materials and products on the Platform are provided “AS IS” and without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Lifopedia.World disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Lifopedia.World cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Platform. Lifopedia.World does not represent or warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any defects will be corrected, or that the Platform or the server that makes the Platform available are free of viruses or anything else harmful. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Lifopedia.World does not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the materials or Content in the Platform in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, reliability or otherwise. You understand and agree that you download or otherwise obtain Content at your own risk, and that you will be solely responsible for your use and any damage to your mobile Device, computer system or other Device in which you access the Platform, loss of data or other harm of any kind that may result. Lifopedia.World reserves the right to change any and all Content and other items used or contained in the Platform at any time without notice.
WAIVER, RELEASE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER LIFOPEDIA.WORLD NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS, SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE Platform OR THE CONDUCT OF OTHER PLATFORM MEMBERS (WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE) OR ANY MEMBER GENERATED CONTENT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF LIFOPEDIA.WORLD PRODUCTS OR SERVICES EVEN IF LIFOPEDIA.WORLD OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR ONLY REMEDY AGAINST LIFOPEDIA.WORLD FOR USE OF THE PLATFORM OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE PLATFORM. YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND FOREVER WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST LIFOPEDIA.WORLD FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES YOU SUSTAIN IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM.
IF LIFOPEDIA.WORLD, OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS IS HELD TO BE LIABLE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND RELEASE IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF LIFOPEDIA.WORLD, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS, IF ANY, FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE FEES ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY LIFOPEDIA.WORLD FROM YOU FOR THE PARTICULAR PRODUCT, INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Platform is controlled from its offices in British Columbia, Canada. You agree that the Platform, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and any dispute between you and Lifopedia.World shall be governed in all respects by the laws of British Columbia.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision in these Terms of Use is held invalid, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue to be enforceable. If any provision in these Terms of Use is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and the remaining provisions are still valid and enforceable.
TERMINATION
Lifopedia.World reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate your account, delete your profile and any of your User Generated Content, and restrict your use of all or any part of the Platform for any or no reason, without notice, and without liability to you or anyone else. Lifopedia.World also reserves the right to block Users from certain IP addresses or Device numbers and prevent access to the Platform. You understand and agree that some of your User Generated Content, such as that which is displayed outside your profile, in activity feeds, in other parts of the Platform, or on other platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc), may continue to appear on the Platform or on other platforms even after your User Generated Content is removed or your account is terminated. Terms of Use that by their nature may survive termination shall survive any termination.
NOTICE
Lifopedia.World may deliver notice to you by means of phone, e-mail, text message, a general notice on this website or other website maintained by Lifopedia.World or by written communication delivered by mail to your address on record.